Watch video: Terrorist attack on police post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian, one policeman dead

A policeman was killed while another cop and a civilian were injured tonight when some terrorists fired at a security post guarding minority community in Shopian district of Kashmir.

“Militants fired at the police guard posted at minority picket Jamnagri in Herpora area of Shopian at around 8:30 pm,” a police official said here. He said the policemen retaliated, forcing the attackers to flee.

In the gunbattle, a constable Nazeer Ahmad was killed and constable Zahoor Ahmad was injured, the official said. A civilian was also injured in the incident. The injured policeman was shifted to the Army’s Base Hospital here.

The area has been cordoned off and a search launched to track down the terrorists, the official said. 

#WATCH Visuals of spot where terrorists attacked police post in Shopian distt (J&K), one policeman dead, another injured (Visuals deferred) pic.twitter.com/w0vjTl6ACu

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 7, 2016