Srinagar: Kashmir police chief Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said that the two attackers who killed a special police officer (SPO) of JK Police, his wife and daughter at Hariparigam, Awantipora on June 27 night, have been identified as two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, one of them is a foreigner.
“Two Jaish militants carried out the attack on SPO Fayaz Ahmed at Haripargiam killing him, his wife, and his daughter. One attacker is a foreign militant and another is a local,” the IGP Kashmir said while addressing a press conference at PCR Srinagar.
He said that both the militants will be tracked down soon as the searches have already been launched in Awantipora belt. The IGP Kashmir said that militants are targeting innocent civilians and unarmed policemen, be that one at Habba Kadal, another at Kanipora, Srinagar, or the SPO and his family members at Hariparigam.
“These killings are aimed at creating a fear psychosis to disrupt the ongoing tourist season,” the IGP said. “We can’t stop our men from going home on leave. They are from this place and have a right to visit their families.”
On Sunday night, militants forced their entry into the house of Fayaz Ahmad at Hariparigam and fired indiscriminately, injuring the trio.
Fayaz Ahmad died on way to a hospital while his wife and daughter Raja Begum succumbed to the wounds the next day.
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