SRINAGAR: A CRPF patrol party was attacked by a group of unidentifiedmilitants during which a civilian was seriously injured in occupied Jammuand Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday.

According to reports, the civilian injured in the attack succumbed whilebeing taken to the hospital.

The incident occurred after a group of heavily-armed militants, who came ina car, fired at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol party inLazibal area on Srinagar-Pahalgam road in Anantnag.

Though the CRPF patrol party escaped unhurt, a civilian identified asShafeeq Shabir was seriously injured in the attack.

“The injured civilian was being shifted to Srinagar for specializedtreatment, but he succumbed to critical injuries on the way,” an officialsaid.

A manhunt has been started to trace the militants, the official said.