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Srinagar shoot-out: Injured cop succumbs, says police

A file photo of Police deployment in Srinagar

Srinagar: A Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who was critically injured on Tuesday in a “brief shootout” with militants near Zoonimar area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district has succumbed to his wounds.

A top police officer while confirming it told Global News Service said that the constable Aamir Hussian, who had bullets injuries in the upper parts of the body including the neck, died at SKIMS Soura.

Earlier he said that there was a brief shootout in which the 30-year-old cop was critically injured.

The officer said that the militant was also injured and probably has escaped from the spot.

Meanwhile, the whole area has been cordoned off and searches are going on.

 

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