Militants opened fire at a BSF convoy killing a constable and injuring two others on the outskirts of the city today, the second attack on security personnel in as many weeks. (IE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
The ultras ambushed the personnel belonging to 8th Battalion near Chanapora bridge this morning, resulting in injuries to three constables, police said. (IE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
The personnel were admitted to 92 Base Hospital of the Army at Badamibagh cantonment, where constable Kalita succumbed to injures as a bullet had pierced through his ear into his head. (IE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
Two empty cartridges were recovered from the site. (IE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
In the first major strike in the city in three years, Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, disguised as cricketers, had stormed a CRPF camp here in a 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack killing five of its personnel on March 13. (IE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
Two militants were killed in retaliatory action, while police arrested four persons including a Pakistani national in the course of investigations into the attack. (UE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)