Kulgam terror attack LIVE: Three CRPF jawans injured, search underway for assailants
Kulgam: Security forces have intensified the search for two unidentified motorcyclists who allegedly opened fire on CRPF personnel at a checkpoint in Kulgam. Three CRPF personnel were injured in the attack.
The incident took place around 2.15 pm near Mir Bazar. The area has been cordoned off and a massive search operation is underway to trace the attackers, who fled after opening fire, officials said.
The injured personnel were taken to a hospital in Anantnag district. One of them is in critical condition with abdominal injuries, while the other two sustained relatively minor injuries. One suffered a grazing bullet wound to his arm, while the other was hit in the foot.
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Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha was in Kulgam amid attack
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha was also in Kulgam but not near the site of the attack.
The area is located close to the Pir Panjal mountain range which connects Kulgam to Ramban, Reasi and Rajouri districts of the Jammu division. - PTI
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"Was he lying then, or has his performance fallen short?": Pawan Khera questions Amit Shah over Kulgam attack
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the terrorist attack in Mir Bazar, Kulgam, alleging that the abrogation of Article 370 had failed to achieve its stated objective of ending terrorism.
In a post on X, Khera described the attack as deeply disturbing, expressed concern over the safety of the injured personnel and wished them a speedy recovery.The news of the terrorist attack in Mir Bazar, Kulgam, in which two CRPF personnel were injured, is deeply disturbing.We pray for their speedy recovery and hope that the menace of terrorism and violence leaves our country for good.But there is an important question: what does the Home Minister have to say?In 2019, he claimed that the abrogation of Article 370 would put a decisive end to terrorism - the Prime Minister endorsed him. Seven years on, when a CRPF party comes under terrorist attack in an open market in Kulgam, it is clear that the changes made on 5th August 2019 have failed to achieve their stated goal. In this regard, what does the Home Minister have to say about the tall promises he made in 2019?Was he lying then, or has his performance fallen woefully short since? Either way, he is not fit to be the Home Minister of India.
— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ (@Pawankhera) November 11, 2026 -
Massive search underway for assailants, investigators scan CCTV visuals
Investigators are closely scanning CCTV footage, including from shops in the area, and trying to establish where the assailants came from. The footage shows shuttered shops. The sound of the barrage of gunshots and some people shouting can also be heard.
Shortly after the attack targeting the CRPF, additional barricades were put. Security personnel in armoured vehicles were seen near the site as reinforcements were sent, amid ambulance sirens going off and announcements made on loudspeakers asking locals to stay indoors. - PTI
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Jammu and Kashmir on high alert as search on for terrorists
The security personnel have intensified search across the district to trace the two motorcyclists who opened fire at CRPF personnel.
#WATCH | Katra, J&K: Security has been put on high alert in Katra following a firing incident in Kulgam, where three CRPF personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at a security naka. https://t.co/9nUCgNa4Tg
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It's a shoot-and-scoot kind of attack, says defense expert
Defense expert Hemant Mahajan said that the terror attack took place in Kulgam was a shoot-and-scoot kind of attack.
“In the sense that the terrorists came in some kind of a vehicle, fired, injured CRPF jawans, and thereafter disappeared… I am not surprised by this kind of attack. Though I want to clarify here itself that this was a shoot-and-scoot kind of attack, meaning that if the terrorists had stayed put, they would have been killed. I have no doubt in my mind that in the next one to two weeks, they will be tracked down and killed. But this kind of surprise attack, intended to show that everything is not normal, will take place once in a while,” he told ANI.#WATCH | Pune, Maharashtra: On 3 CRPF personnel injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on security personnel deployed at a naka in Kulgam, Defence Expert Hemant Mahajan says, "This terror attack, which took place in Kulgam on a CRPF picket, was a shoot-and-scoot kind of an attack. In the sense that the terrorists came in some kind of a vehicle, fired, injured CRPF jawans, and thereafter disappeared... I am not surprised by this kind of attack. Though I want to clarify here itself that this was a shoot-and-scoot kind of attack, meaning that if the terrorists had stayed put, they would have been killed. I have no doubt in my mind that in the next one to two weeks, they will be tracked down and killed. But this kind of surprise attack, intended to show that everything is not normal, will take place once in a while. It is a long haul as far as fighting terrorism backed by Pakistan is concerned. We have to be ready for it, and we have to be prepared..."
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Three CRPF jawans injured in terrorist attack
Motorcycle-borne terrorists opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force checkpost in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday, injuring three CRPF personnel, one of them critically, officials said. - PTI
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