An Indian police guard and a civilian were killed when suspected terrorists attacked a police post at a religious shrine in the Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir state on Tuesday.
"Militants have attacked a police post guarding the shrine and a mosque in Tujjar Sharief area of Sopore (52 kms from here) by opening firing," a police officer said, according to The Hindu.
{ॐ} The Terrorists Fired At Constable Fayaz Ahmad , Posted On Guard Duty At Tujjar Sharief Mosque :: In Sopore Town Of Barmulla District ॥ॐ॥
— #Ajit Doval (@Ajit_Doval) August 18, 2015
Police said the armed gunmen arrived on a motorbike and opened indiscriminate fire on policemen guarding a Sufi shrine in Tujjar village, reported Greater Kashmir. A police constable, identified as Fayaz Ahmad, was killed in the attack.
A seventy year old disabled man, identified as Abdul Rahim Lone, was also killed the firing. "A 70-year-old man in a wheelchair also was shot and killed," a senior police officer Garib Das confirmed, according to Associated Press.
A civilian on a wheelchair and a policeman killed after terrorists opened fire at a guard's post near a sufi shrine in Kashmir’s Sopore. — NDTV (@ndtv) August 18, 2015
Indian army immediately launched an operation to trance the attackers. No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Tuesday's terror attack is the second attack on a police post in troubled Jammu and Kashmir this month, reported Business Standrad. Two police officers were injured when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire at Chanj police post in Udhampur.
The disputed region of Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan but both claimed it entirely.
