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ASI, Cop killed as gunmen attack police bus

ASI, Cop killed as gunmen attack police bus
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3 suffer critical injuries, 9 others stable: Police

Srinagar: Two policemen were killed and 12 others suffered injuries as militants carried out a deadly attack on a bus carrying Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police personnel on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday — the 20th anniversary of the Parliament Attack — officials said.
The bus came under fire from militants in Zewan in Pantha Chowk area on Monday evening, police officials said.
They said at least 14 policemen sustained injuries in the attack. The injured were evacuated to various hospitals where two of them died.
A police official said that at around 6 pm, militants fired indiscriminately at a bus ferrying policemen from Armed Reserve Police (ARP) 9th battalion at Zewan area of Pantha Chowk, Srinagar.
“In the incident, 14 policemen were injured of which two succumbed at the hospital,” he said.
The official said that the two slain were identified as ASI Ghulam Hassan ARP-861250 and selection grade constable Shafiq Ali belt number 782/AP9th ARP091317. The injured were identified as Bishember Das, Sajad Ahmed, Rameez Ahmed, Sanjay Kumar, Vikas Sharma, Abdul Majeed, Muasdhir Ahmed, Ravi Kant, Showkat Ali, Arshid Muhammad, Liyaqat Ali and Narender Singh, the bus driver.
The official said that the vehicle was coming from an armed police complex in Zewan towards Pantha Chowk. The bus ferrying policemen suffered immense damage while blood stains were visible on the seats and bullet marks from all sides, especially the front portion as suggested by the pictures which went viral on social media.
An eye-witness said that locals helped the policemen evacuate the injured to the hospital.
A police source said that at least three injured policemen are critical who are being treated at army base hospital at Badamibagh, Srinagar while others are stable.
Witnesses said that the traffic remained disrupted for almost an hour on the Zewan-Panthachowk-Khonmoh road and was later restored after the police bus that was attacked was removed from the scene.
Police sources said that the Zewan attack is this year’s deadliest attack by militants. Today’s attack came just two days after militants killed two policemen at Gulshan Chowk, Bandipora.
The Zewan attack also came barely a few hours after police killed two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants including a foreigner in a chance encounter at Rangreth area of Srinagar outskirts.
Notably, no militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the firing on the police bus which came on the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Parliament building in the national capital by the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit.
On December 13 in 2001, terrorists attacked the Parliament complex and opened fire, killing nine people. All five were shot dead. (with inputs from KNO, PTI)


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