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| Srinagar: Militants attack CRPF picket, 2 policemen killed | | |
Srinagar, Oct 4 Militants today made an abortive bid to storm a building, where the mace of Lord Shiva is kept, by firing at a CRPF picket in the Lal Chowk area here, triggering a fierce gunbattle with security forces in which two policeman were killed and seven injured.
Claiming responsibility for the attack, militant outfit Al-Mansoorian said three of its "suicide squad" members were involved in the attack on Dashnami Ahkhara building.
The militants lobbed a grenade and fired indiscriminately while trying to storm the building, officials said.
However, security forces retaliated forcing the ultras to retreat to the nearby New Standard Hotel where they are holed up as the operation was on to flush them out.
Officials said Head Constable Shoukat Ahmad and Constable Randhir Singh of the Special Operations Group of local police was killed while constables Javid Iqbal and Sandeep Kumar were injured along with CRPF jawan R R Meena and four civilians. Two of the injured were later discharged after first aid.
Security forces were making efforts to neutralise the ultras who were firing intermittently at them, officials said.
Soon after the attack, area traders abandoned their shops and fled. However, a large number of people were still trapped near the gunbattle spot and efforts were on to rescue them, they said. |
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