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Four Soldiers Injured After Terrorists Lob Grenade At Indian Army's Road Opening Party In J&K's Kulgam

IANSJan 27, 2021, 12:30 PM | Updated 12:30 PM IST
Indian Army soldiers return from an encounter site in Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Indian Army soldiers return from an encounter site in Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)


Four soldiers were injured after terrorists lobbed a grenade on a road opening party (ROP) of the army in South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday (27 January) morning, officials said.

Army said the attack took place when troops were doing a sanitisation drill in the general area of Shamsipura at Khanabal in Kulgam.

Four soldiers received splinter injuries in the terrorist attack. They have been evacuated to army's 92 base hospital in Srinagar after they were provided first aid.


Additional forces have been brought in to catch the attackers.

The area has been cordoned off and an operation has been started.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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