 SRINAGAR: An Indian policeman and four terrorists militants were killed on Sunday in grenade attacks and gun battles that also left 16 people wounded in terrorist-plagued revolt-hit Kashmir, the police said.
A grenade killed the policeman during a raid on a suspected terrorist militant hideout in Tral, 40 kilometres south of Srinagar, the police said. âTwo policemen and four army soldiers were also injured in the attack,â a police spokesman said. Indian troops shot dead four terrorists militants in two separate gun battles in southern Anantnag and northern Baramulla district, he said.
 Three of the slain terrorists militants were from the hard line militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, while the identity of the fourth was not immediately known. âOne of the slain militants, Ayub Khan was operating as Lashkarâs divisional commander,â the spokesman said.
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Meanwhile, two policemen and three civilian bystanders were injured in a grenade attack on a police patrol in the summer capital of Kashmir, Srinagar, on Sunday, he said. One of the policemen and one civilian were said to be in critical condition. Later terrorists militants in Srinagarâs Batamaloo area injured four civilians and a policeman in another grenade attack, the police said. |