BackThree policemen killed in militant strikes in Srinagar
An assistant sub-inspector and a head constable were killed in the first attack; a constable was shot dead and his weapon was snatched in the second attack
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Srinagar: Militants on Monday carried out two strikes within as many hours in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, killing three policemen, including an officer, and decamping with the service rifle of one of the slain cops.
In the first strike, militants shot dead two policemen in Zadibal area of Srinagar at 10:45am.
The ultras shot at the two cops from close range at Mill Stop in Zadibal area, which connects the city to Hazratbal Shrine and super-speciality SKIMS Hospital at Soura, a police official said.
The two cops died on the spot, he said, adding the deceased have been identified as assistant sub-inspector Ghulam Mohammad and head constable Nazir Ahmad.
The slain cops were posted with Zadibal police station. Police and other security forces have been put on an alert to look out for the assailants, who managed to flee.
In the second strike, militants shot at constable Mohammad Sadiq, who was posted as the personal security guard to chairman of J&K Pasmanda Tabqajaat, Mohammad Abdullah Chatwal, at Tengpora on Parimpora-Hyderpora bypass road.
The militants also snatched the service rifle of the injured cop before fleeing, the official said, adding the attack took place at 12 noon.
The policeman later succumbed to injuries in a hospital at Batamaloo. These attacks in the city came after nearly three years. The last such attack took place on 22 June 2013 when two policemen were shot dead on Hari Singh High Street.
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