SRINAGAR: Four Indian policemen were killed on Saturday in a bomb blast set off by suspected militants in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), police and reports said, marking a deadly start to the new year in the restive valley. Jammu and Kashmir police took to Twitter to confirm the blast and number of policemen killed in the blast. Last week, four Indian soldiers were killed in an attack by armed attackers who stormed a paramilitary camp outside Srinagar. Since 1989, rebel groups have been fighting roughly half a million Indian soldiers deployed in the territory, seeking independence for the former Himalayan kingdom or its merger with neighbouring Pakistan. Last year 206 suspected militants, 57 civilians and 78 Indian security forces personnel were killed, making it the deadliest year in a decade.

Source: Pakistan Today January 06, 2018 13:18 UTC