A policeman was killed after terrorists opened fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town on Wednesday.
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Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track down the assailants, officials said.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the attack through a social media post.
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The attack took place at around 12.30 pm at Lal Chowk in Anantnag.
According to officials, Head Constable Aashiq Hussain Qureshi (Belt No. 20), of the IR 3rd Battalion and a resident of Beerwah in Budgam district, was deployed on Amarnath Yatra security duty when he came under attack.
He was rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital in Anantnag, where the attending doctors declared him dead. Further medico-legal proceedings are being carried out as per protocol.
More details awaited.
