Pampore encounter: One more jawan injured; 5 dead

ANI | Updated: Feb 21, 2016, 07:50 PM IST

Security personnel take position outside the JKEDI building where militants have reportedly taken refuge after launching an attack on a CRPF convoy at Sampora Pampore, near Srinagar, on Sunday.

One civilian and four security personnel have lost their lives since Saturday.

One more army officer has been injured in the ongoing encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore District.

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At least five people have been killed and 10 others injured in the gun-battle that started on Saturday evening at the Entrepreneurs Development Institute at Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

Out of the five deceased, four were defence personnel who have lost their lives while fighting the militants and the fifth one was a civilian who was killed in the encounter.