Militants armed with grenades and rifles stormed a police
station Friday at a border district in Indian administered Kashmir, killing two
people and wounding five others.
A senior police officer said the militants attacked the
police station early morning.
"A sentry and a civilian were killed in the initial
attack while five other cops were injured," said Danish Rana, police chief
of Jammu area.
"The injured who included two paramilitary troopers
were evacuated to hospital."
He said 15 police officers have been evacuated from the
building, which has been surrounded by the Indian army and paramilitary troops.
"There are still some people inside the building and we
will storm it after they are evacuated," Rana said.
Indian army soldiers and police officers are at the scene.
The area has been barricaded, and traffic is prohibited from passing through.
The attack in Kathua district bordering Pakistan comes days
after a new Peoples Democratic Party-BJP coalition government took office in
Indian-administered Kashmir.
The area has seen several similar attacks in the past.
Separatist violence has rocked Kashmir since 1989, leaving
more than 42,000 people dead, officials say. Rights groups have cited higher
casualties, with some giving double that number.
Courtesy : CNN
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