Defence Minister Arun Jaitley condoles death of security personnel in Pulwama attack

Eight security personnel, including four CRPF jawans, were killed when terrorists carried out a suicide attack on a district police complex in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Saturday, triggering a massive gunfight in which the three attackers were killed.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley condoled the death of security personnel on Saturday.

“My thoughts & prayers are with the families of J&K police & CRPF personnel martyred in the #pulwama encounter,” Jaitley tweeted.The terror strike took place at the crack of dawn when the police personnel living within the complex were taken out to safety.

With PTI inputs