Srinagar: Four CRPF personnel were on Saturday injured in a grenade attack by militants at Awantipora in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The militants lobbed the grenade at the deployment of CRPF personnel at Jawbara in the Awantipora area on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, a police officer said.

He said four CRPF jawans were injured in the attack.

The area has been cordoned off and a search operation launched to track down the militants, the officer added.

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