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Cop injured in militant attack in Pulwama succumbs, say officials

An armed forces personnel stands deployed in Kashmir. [FPK File Photo/ Qayoom Khan]

Pulwama: A police constable, who was shot at and injured in Gudoora area of Pulwama on Friday morning, succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

An official said that suspected militants on Friday morning fired upon a constable namely Riyaz Ahmad Thoker, son of Ali Mohammad Thoker from Gudoora.

He said that Thoker after receiving bullet injuries was rushed to district hospital Pulwama for treatment wherefrom he was shifted to an army base hospital.

However, he succumbed to his injuries at the army’s base hospital, he said.

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

 

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