J-K: Policeman killed in militant attack

A policeman was killed on Sunday during a militant attack on a police station in Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities said.

The station came under attack early Sunday morning after the militants hurled a grenade and then fired indiscriminately at the station’s guard post before escaping, according to police sources.

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The constable, who was deployed at the guard post, got injured in the attack and latter he succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

A policeman, identified as Saqib Mir, was killed in a militant attack on a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, police said.

“Terrorists in District Shopian fired indiscriminately on Police Station Shopian. The attack was repulsed by alert jawans,” a police spokesman said.

Police have registered a case and investigation has been initiated in the matter, he said.

(With agency inputs)