Also Read: Jammu and Kashmir: Police official shot at Eidgah in Srinagar "Injured Police Personnel #succumbed to his injuries & attained #martyrdom. We pay our rich tributes to the #martyr & stand by his family at this critical juncture. Area has been cordoned off.
Search operation going on," Kashmir Zone Police said in a post on X. This is the third such terrorist attack in as many days in Kashmir Valley. While a police officer was critically injured in firing by terrorists on Sunday in Srinagar, a labourer from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead in Pulwama district on Monday.
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Dar of @JmuKmrPolice in a militant attack earlier this evening. His death is yet another indicator of the terrible price JK Police personnel have paid in the decades long fight against terror in the region. I pray that he find place in Jannat & his loved ones find strength at this difficult time," Abdullah said in a post on X.
Also Read: Pakistan Rangers open fire on Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir, BSF retaliating ‘befittingly’ | Video Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti condemned the killing and said there was an unfortunate rise in such attacks. "In just a few days we are seeing an unfortunate rise in targeted killings. I condemn each one of these cowardly acts.
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