Suspected militants today struck in north Kashmir’s Sopore town killing a 65-year-old civilian and critically wounding a policeman. This comes barely three days after a BSF jawan was killed in Srinagar.
The attack took place around 12.35 pm when a police team was clearing traffic in a busy market in Sopore town, 53 km from Srinagar. The militants took away the service rifle of the injured constable, Kishore Kumar. This is the fourth attack on security forces this month. Eight police and paramilitary personnel have been killed and nine others injured in these attacks.
Kashmir IGP Abdul Gani Mir said the policemen exercised restraint and did not retaliate to the militant fire.
“The Iqbal market (where the attack took place) was teeming with people prompting the police not to retaliate,” Mir told The Tribune.
The IGP said the militants opened fire on policemen when they were clearing a traffic jam.
