Terrorists kill policeman in Kashmir's Budgam district
Srinagar, May 11 (IBNS): Heavily armed militants shot dead a policeman after they attacked a picket guarded by Jammu Kashmir Police in Wadwun Soibugh area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday afternoon, police official said.
According to reports, armed militants fired upon cops guarding minority picket.
A cop Shamim Ahmad, resident of Yaripora Kulgam, South Kashmir, suffered bullet injuries and was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
A police official said that the area was cordoned off and searches were conducted.
He said that no arrests were made during the operation.
It was the second attack on a minority picket in the district.
Earlier this month, armed militants attacked a minority picket at Goriwan Hyderpora and snatched four assault rifles from the policemen
guarding the picket.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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