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Militants kill two cops in J&K
Tribune News Service

Srinagar, July 19
Militants shot two police personnel and injured another in a series of targeted attacks here today.

A militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Pulwama district today while three others, including a top militant and a child, were killed in separate incidents since yesterday.

A head constable of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed when the militants fired upon him near a bus stand at Hazratbal at 11.45 am, officials said. One round was fired upon him injuring him critically. Identified as Karamajeet Singh, the policeman was shifted to the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, where he was declared brought dead.

In another incident, constable Ghulam Rasool was shot by militants at a vegetable market in Soura at about 12.20 pm. He died on the spot.

The militants fired upon constable Mohammad Ramzan from a silencer-fitted pistol on the main road in the Lal Chowk area at 4 pm. He has been admitted to hospital.

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Braripora in Pulwama district this morning. Till the last reports came in, the operation was in progress.

Suspected militants shot a person at Pattan, in Baramula district today.

A district commander of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, Abu Usama from Pakistan, was killed in an encounter with the security forces in the Gusai area of Poonch district yesterday, the police said.

A six-year-old child, Asif, son of Shamas Din, a head constable, was killed when militants opened indiscriminate fire upon their house in Arnas in Udhampur district last night. 

 

 



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