SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 25 (Xinhua) -- At least eight paramilitary troopers of India's Central Reserve Police (CRPF) were killed and 18 others wounded Saturday after militants attacked their bus in the restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The attack was carried out at Pampore town of Pulwama district, about 24 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
According to CRPF officials, two militants who carried out the attack were also killed in the retaliatory fire from the CRPF men deployed in the town.
"A CRPF bus which was returning after firing exercise to Srinagar was ambushed by two militants here. The militants came in the middle of the road and fired on the bus, which blew up front tyres of the bus and caused it to halt," Nalin Prabhat, a senior CRPF official told media in Pampore.
"As the militants were trying to rush into the bus, the CRPF men deployed on the road retaliated bravely and killed both militants on spot."
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