New Delhi: Terrorists opened fire on a police bus near Zewan in the Pantha Chowk neighborhood of Srinagar on Monday. Police in the Kashmir area said 14 staff were injured in the attack and two of them died of their injuries.
“Terrorists shot at a police vehicle near Zewan in the Pantha Chowk neighborhood of Srinagar. 14 people were injured in the attack. All injured were evacuated to the hospital. Area cordoned off. Further details will follow, “Kashmir Zonal Police wrote on Twitter.
“Among the injured police officers, 01 ASI and a selection rank officer succumbed to their injuries and went to martyrdom. Further details will follow,” police said in a tweet later.
Sources say three jaws were seriously injured in the shooting. According to the first information given by sources, two-three terrorists opened fire on the bus of the security forces. The bus carrying security personnel was heading to the Police Training College in the Zewan area on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Soldiers from the Ninth Armed Police Battalion of Jammu and Kashmir were traveling on this bus, they said.
PM Modi, J&K Lt Gov Manoj Sinha Condole Deaths
PM Narendra Modi has sought details on the terror attack. He has also expressed condolences to the families of the security personnel who have been martyred, the Prime Minister’s Office informed in a tweet.
J&K Governor Manoj Sinha strongly condemned the terrorist attack, expressing his condolences to the bereaved families.
“Strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack on the J&K police bus in Srinagar. My tribute to our brave martyred police officers. We are committed to ensuring that the perpetrators are punished. My sincere condolences to the bereaved families,” he said. he declared, quoted by the ANI.
He ordered the authorities concerned to provide the best possible treatment to the injured. “I pray for their speedy recovery. Our police and security forces are determined to neutralize the evil forces of terrorism,” he said.
The incident may bring back memories of the terrorist strike on February 14, 2019, in Pulwama which killed 40 CRPF members. A CRPF bus was targeted by a suicide bomber Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) who detonated his explosive-laden SUV nearby on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama.
Shortly after the Pulwama attack, the IAF carried out an airstrike in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26 targeting terrorist camps.
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