NEW DELHI: The tattack on a CRPF camp in occupied Jammu and Kashmir’sPulwama, which killed five security personnel, had a jarring note – one ofthe fighter killed was a Class 10 student, Zee News has reported.

The age of the fighter was a jarring note in the face of claims by thestate’s security agencies that militancy is on the wane in the troubledvalley. What is further worrying as far as the appeal of radicalisation isconcerned is the fact that the Class 10 terrorist’s father is part of Jammuand Kashmir’s police force.

Two fighters have been killed so far, and anti-terrorism units are combingthe area for more.

Police confirmed that all the fighters involved in the pre-dawn attack onthe CRPF camplink>onSunday were Kashmiris. Jaish-e-Mohammad has claimed responsibility for theattack.

The attack seems to have been carried out as retribution for the string ofkillings of prominent terrorists over the past month. Among the killed wasTalha Rasheedlink>,nephew of Jaish chief Masood Azhar, and key Jaish organiser Noor MohammadTantraylink>.

J&K’s Director General of Police SP Vaid said security forces had inputs ofimpending strikes on military and paramilitary installations for threedays. The strike on the CRPF camp in Pulwama’s Lethpora is believed to havebeen delayed by a few days, seemingly by the weather.