Unknown gunmen shot dead cop, injure his two family members in Awantipora
Pulwama: A policeman was killed and two of his family members sustained injuries after unknown gunmen attacked them at their home in Hariparigam village of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday late evening.
An official told Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that unknown gunmen attacked the cop identified as Fayaz Ahmad at his home, in which the cop received grievous injuries.
He said that the wife and daughter of the cop also got critically injured in the attack.
The official said the injured trio was immediately rushed to a nearby health care facility, where the cop was declared dead on arrival.
He said that the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.
Further details are awaited. (KNO)
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