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Jammu and Kashmir: CRPF officer killed in militant attack in Pulwama

The CRPF official succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital.

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Jammu and Kashmir news: A Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF) officer was killed on Sunday after militants opened fire in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, an official said. 

"At about 2:20 pm, terrorists fired upon the joint Naka party of police and the CRPF in Gangoo area of south Kashmir," the official said.

The official further added that the CRPF assistant sub-inspector Vinod Kumar was injured in the attack. He was shifted to a hospital in Pulwama but succumbed to injuries. 

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