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Kashmir unrest: Policeman injured in Kulgam attack dies; toll rises to 46

July 24, 2016 13:30 IST

A policeman, injured in the attack on a police station in Kulgam district on July 15, on Sunday succumbed at a hospital in Srinagar, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir to 46.

Constable Mudasir Ahmad became the second policeman to die in the violent clashes that erupted in the Valley following killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8.

On July 15, a mob pelted stones at police station Yaripora in Kulgam.

During the stone pelting, suspected militants hurled a grenade at the police station, resulting in injuries to six cops including Ahmad. 

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