SRINAGAR: Six persons, including four policemen were injured after a police party was fired upon by the militants near Bungam area in south Kashmirs Shopian district on Saturday.
A senior police official said that a special police team from District Police Lines was on a routine check to a minority guard picket in Bungam village of Shopian when militants opened fire upon the team resulting in injuries to four policemen and two pedestrians.
Three policemen Shabir Ahmad, Vikas Pandith, Zahoor Ahmad received bullet injuries in legs and another cop Meraj-ud-Din received bullet in abdomen have been shifted to Srinagar hospital, he said. Two civilians Mohammad Amin and Bashir Ahmad Hajam, both residents of Bungam, were injured in this incident have been shifted to Bone and Joints hospital Srinagar.
Soon after the incident, police and army visited the area and launched searches in the village to nab the attackers. (GNS)
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