Militants target army patrol party in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district; no casualties reported in firing, petrol bomb attack

Srinagar: Militants on Tuesday hurled a petrol bomb and fired indiscriminately at an army patrol party in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.

No loss of life has been reported. A petrol bomb was hurled upon a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) party of 44 Rashtriya Rifles followed by indiscriminate firing by militants between the area of Gad-Bough and Armullah in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a police official said.

He said the forces’ party was coming from Sugan area of the neighbouring Shopian district after commencing a CASO and were moving towards their camp in Ahgam. The forces’ party retaliated, the official said.