Weapon snatching foiled, militants fled to Tral: IGP
Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Dec 14: One of the injured police personnel in yesterday’s militant attack on a police bus in Zewan on the outskirts of Srinagar succumbed at Army base hospital here today taking the toll to 3.
The slain cop was identified as Ramez Ahmed of Yachama, Ganderbal. Thousands attended his last rites in his native village this afternoon.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir range Vijay Kumar said that three militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad including two foreigners and a local carried out Zewan attack.
He said the blood trail of one of the injured militant suggests that the group first fled to Pampore and then to Tral area of Pulwama while the police team is working to track down the group.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a wreath laying ceremony in Srinagar, the IGP Kashmir said the police men retaliated and didn’t allow militants to snatch weapons.
Asked whether it was a planned attack, he said that indeed it was a planned one as the militants fired indiscriminately at the bus that plies everyday on the same route.
About the measures taken by police to prevent such attacks, IGP Kumar said police are maintaining high alert and cops requiring travel from one place to another will be provided bullet proof vehicles. “The attackers had done recce or the area and the attack took place when Road Opening Parties of security forces were withdrawn,” he said.
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