He said one civilian, Waseem Ahmad Mir, also sustained bullet injury 'in the nearby area' and later succumbed at a hospital on Friday.
Till recently, Khan was in-charge anti-militancy operations Budgam district
Nine security force personnel were injured in the firing by the terrorists, they said adding five of them succumbed to injuries.
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