India, Nov. 12 -- Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been injured in an attack by suspected militants who opened fire at a security checkpost in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, November 11. The jawans managed to retaliate despite their injuries and forced the attackers to flee without accomplishing their mission.

According to a top official of the government, the timely deployment of security forces based on intelligence inputs, and the alertness of the security forces, prevented the attack from doing more harm than intended.

"The Police and CRPF (Security Force) deployment was made in accordance with intelligence inputs for the suspected movement of the adversaries," said the official...