Pulwama attack: All militants killed, says Kashmir Police

In a tweet, Deputy Inspector General of Police, South Kashmir, SP Pani wrote: “All three terrorists involved in the police lines #Pulwama attack have been eliminated . Salute to the sacrifices of our brave hearts,”

On Saturday three heavily armed militants stormed the police complex that also have residential buildings of Kashmir Police before dawn on Saturday leading to a fierce gunfight for the entire day.

Four policemen and four CRPF personnel including two Para troopers of Reserve Police were killed in the attack.

Pakistan based outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has claimed responsibility and said Indian forces suffered massive casualties.

Meanwhile a wreath laying ceremony for two of the CRPF men Constable Borase Dinesh Dipak from Gujarat and Constable Mohammad Yasin Teli from Baramulla district in North Kashmir was held in the morning early on Sunday  at regional training centre, Humhama, Srinagar.

On Saturday the CRPF paid tributes to the other two CRPF constables who died in the morning, Ravindra Baban Dhanawade of Maharashtra and constable Jaswant Singh of Haryana

Jammu and Kashmir police paid tributes to cops Imtiyaz Ahmad, Mohammad Yousuf Hajam, Rafiq Ahmad Hajam and Amarjeet Singh who were killed in the shootout. Their wreath-laying ceremony was held in district police lines Awantipora on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti condemned the killings and conveyed her sympathies to the bereaved families.

“Violence of last three decades or more has taken a heavy toll on the people of the State in terms of death and destruction, tearing apart of the social fabric, inflicting massive economic, academic and other losses besides the irreparable loss of human lives,” she said in a statement.

(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)