A policeman was killed, while another constable and a civilian were injured on Friday when some terrorists fired at a security post guarding minority community in Shopian district of Kashmir. “Militants fired at the police guard posted at minority picket Jamnagri in Herpora area of Shopian at around 8:30 p.m,” a police official said here. In the gun battle, a constable Nazeer Ahmad was killed and constable Zahoor Ahmad was injured, the official said. The injured policeman was shifted to the Army’s Base Hospital here. A search had been launched to track down the terrorists, the official said.

Source: The Hindu October 07, 2016 21:56 UTC