Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 9

Militants attacked an Army patrol in a forest area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.The Army patrol of 14 Rashtriya Rifles was fired upon by militants at the Panar forest, Bandipora, nearly 60 km from Srinagar, on Saturday evening. “The fire was retaliated, triggering a brief gunfight. There was no immediate report of any casualties in the firing,” sources said. The area was cordoned off and a combing operation was launched to trace the militants involved in the attack.