SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The militant attack on convoy of India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday left three border guards dead and nine others wounded, two of them critically, in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.
The convoy was ambushed at Bijbehara town of Anantnag district, about 44 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Today militants attacked a BSF convoy at Bijbehara with heavy gunfire during which three BSF personnel were killed and nine others were wounded," a senior police official said. "Two BSF men died on the spot while the third personnel succumbed to injuries at a military base hospital in Srinagar."
The convoy of 11 vehicles following the two convoys of paramilitary and army was carrying border guards to Srinagar after their homestay.
Officials said militants believed to be three in number attacked the convoy.
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