New Delhi: In another gunbattle that ensued after the terrorists opened fire at the army camp in Kakpora killing one Army jawan and critically injuring a civilian in exchange of fire between the terrorists and the Army in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region on Sunday night. As per reports, the jawan was initially injured, but succumbed to his injuries later.

On Saturday evening, the terrorists fired at the camp of army's Rashtriya Rifles unit in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam area.  On Friday (May 25), terrorists hurled grenade at a camp of 34 Rashtriya Rifles in Kulgam's Nihama. On May 7, one CRPF personnel was injured after terrorists hurled a grenade at Tahab Chowk in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

The grenade was lobbed at police and CRPF personnel who were deployed at Tahab Chowk to maintain law and order. On May 4, terrorists hurled a grenade at a police station in Pulwama. The grenade exploded outside the police station and no one was injured in the incident. On April 12, terrorists had lobbed a grenade at a police station in Pulwama in which two policemen were left injured. Following the incident, the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a hunt to nab the attackers. Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 166 per cent more civilian fatalities due to militancy while there was a 42 per cent rise in the number of terrorists neutralised in 2017 compared to the previous year, the Home Ministry said in April.