Baramulla, January 16: A policeman was among two persons killed and six others were injured when militants attacked Sopore police station in Baramulla district with grenades and gunfire twice within an hour on Friday.
The constable and a civilian, injured in the indiscriminate firing by militants on the police station in the North Kashmir town, succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.
They said both the persons were declared brought dead by doctors on arrival at the hospital.
Additional Superintendent of Police Abdul Waheed said that the militants attacked the police station around 11.25 AM and the policemen guarding the complex retaliated.
The exchange of fire continued for nearly 30 minutes.
Earlier, militants hurled a grenade towards the police station around 10.25 AM.
Waheed said the entire area was cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the militants involved in the twin strikes, which gave credence to reports that militants were desperate to revive militancy in the border state.
No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the incidents.
Militants armed with sophisticated weapons fired indiscriminately on the police station.
Sopore has witnessed a series of militant attacks and fierce encounters over the past couple of months, the latest being the ambush on a CRPF patrol near Watlab on 30th December which left four CRPF jawans dead and another injured.
—Agencies