Srinagar, May 20
Three persons, including two children, were killed and 17 injured in an IED explosion at Chadoora in Budgam district, near here, last evening.
The police here said 20 persons were injured in the explosion. While evacuating the injured persons one Khaliq Khan from Sumbal succumbed to his injuries, the police said. A three-year old girl, Seerat Bano and five-year-old Shid Ahmad Khoja succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.
Elsewhere, the militants killed two brothers while six others were injured in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.
Unidentified militants intruded into the house of Ghulam Mohammad Khan, ex-serviceman at Chak Arsalakhan, Bandipore in Baramulla district last night and kidnapped his two sons, Riyaz Ahmad and Manzoor Ahmad. Their beheaded bodies were recovered in the village this morning.
Jammu: Two Army jawans were killed and three injured as terrorists ambushed a party of soldiers in Poonch district today.
According to reports reaching here, the two jawans who sacrificed their lives have been identified as Rifleman Tarsem Singh and Rifleman Ravi Kumar. Those injured are Rakesh Kumar, L/Nk Shoukat Hussain and Sandeep Sharma. They have been admitted to military hospital at Poonch.
In another encounter in Udhampur district, troops shot dead four terrorists belonging to the Al-Badr outfit.
