Five CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) personnel and three others were injured whentwo suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militantsattacked a CRPF patrolling party near Oxford School on Khanabal-Pahalgham(KP) road in Anantnag District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on June 12, reports Daily Excelsior. The incident took place in the afternoon when the two motorcycle-borne JeM militants fired at the CRPF patrol party and hurled grenades at them at KP Road, resulting in the killing five personnel and injuringthree others.In the ensuing gunfight, one militant was also killed while another is believed to have escaped, Police said.A girl identified as Snober (18), daughter of Mohammad Ashraf Malik of Danter Anantnag was also injured in the attack.The slain CRPF personnel were identified as Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI), Neeru Sharma, Constable Sitender Kumar, Constable M K Kushwa, ASI, Ramesh Kumar and Constable Mahesh Kumar.
Though Al Umar Mujahideen (AuM), a defunct militant group, has claimed responsibility for the attack, officials, however, said that it was a handiwork of the JeM.A caller who identified himself as spokesman of the AuM outfit told local media that the militants of the outfit carried out the attack. He also threatened of more such attack in future.