Militants loot bank in Kashmir
According to reports, armed gunmen barged into a branch of Ellaquai Dehati Bank at Kedar Yaripora village of Kulgam town and took away the cash from the counter.
Soon after the incident, security forces cordoned off the area. A search operation is underway as militants are suspected to be holed up in the same locality.
The incident comes a day after at least seven people, including five policemen, were killed when militants attacked the cash van of a bank in Kulgam.
The militants also took away the slain policemen's weapons.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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