Militants fail to blow up CRPF vehicle

Militants made an abortive bid to blow up a security force vehicle in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Srinagar on Monday.

Militants made an abortive bid to blow up a security force vehicle in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Srinagar on Monday.

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The ultras lobbed hand grenades on a mobile bunker of the CRPF near Dak Bungalow in Sopore town at 9.00 pm last night, they said.

The grenades missed the intended target and exploded near the roadside, they said adding, no damage was caused by the blasts.

The militants, however, managed to escape from the spot, they said. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.