SRINAGAR: In a major attack, terrorists today shot dead seven people, including five policemen, after dragging them out of a vehicle carrying cash of a bank in Kulgam district of south Kashmir.
The cash van of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, which was returning to Kulgam district headquarter from Damhal Hanji Pora, was waylaid by a group of heavily-armed terrorists this afternoon, a police official said.
He said the terrorists pulled out the five police personnel and two bank employees from the vehicle and shot them from point blank range.
While four cops and two bank employees — including a bank security guard — died on the spot, the fifth cop succumbed to injuries at a hospital, the official said.
Among the deceased is an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police. (AGENCIES)
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