ecurity forces immediately cordoned off the area and launched search operations

to track down the militants.

Four personnel of paramilitary force SSB were injured on Friday evening when mil
itants attacked their convoy in Zakura area on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Militants fired at the vehicles of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) which were ferrying
the personnel to their camp after performing law and order duties in the city,
a security force official said.
He said four SSB personnel sustained injuries in the attack. The injured have be
en admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Security forces immediately cordoned off the area and launched search operations
to track down the militants.
This is the first militant attack in the city since the encounter at Nowhatta on
August 15 in which a CRPF commandant was killed and nine other personnel were i
njured.
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