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PIX: One jawan killed, another critically hurt in Srinagar attack

September 23, 2013 11:39 IST

Image: CISF and J&K Police personnel cordon of the site of a militant strike in Srinagar on Monday
Photographs: Umar Ganie Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

Militants struck in the heart of summer capital Srinagar on Monday killing one trooper of the paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force and critically wounding another.

One jawan killed, another critically hurt in Srinagar attack

Image: Senior police officers inspecting the site of a militant strike in the heart of Srinagar on Monday
Photographs: Umar Ganie

A senior police officer said militants fired from a close range at two jawans of the CISF in the busy Maharaj Bazzar area of the capital city on Monday morning.

One jawan killed, another critically hurt in Srinagar attack

Image: Security personnel wash the blood of the CISF jawans who were attacked in Srinagar
Photographs: Umar Ganie

“One of the jawans received a critical bullet injury in his head and succumbed in the hospital while the condition of the other jawan is also critical. He is undergoing treatment in hospital,” the officer said.

Tags: Srinagar

One jawan killed, another critically hurt in Srinagar attack

Image: Kashmir Police personnel search shops near the site of the militant attack in Srinagar
Photographs: Umar Ganie

The hit-and-run attack triggered high tension in the area which has now being cordoned off for searches.

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One jawan killed, another critically hurt in Srinagar attack

Image: CISF personnel have cordoned off the site of the militant attack in Srinagar
Photographs: Umar Ganie

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Tags: Srinagar