A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and two others along with a civilian pedestrian were injured when militants ambushed the vehicle they were travelling in at Pantha Choak along the Srinagar-Jammu highway and about 6 kilometres from the City centre Lal Chowk.
The police and witnesses said that the militants fired their AK-47 assault rifles to target the vehicle carrying men from the CRPF’s 29 Battalion.
A CRPF spokesman said, “Three of our jawans were injured in the terrorist attack. One of them succumbed to his injuries soon after the incident.”
The traffic along the Srinagar-Pampore stretch of the highway has been suspended and the police, CRPF and Army reinforcements have laid siege to Pantha Choak and its neighbourhood to start searches.
The management of Srinagar Delhi Public School, the campus of which are located at a stone’s throw from the place of occurrence, flashed messages to parents on their mobile phones saying “All students and staff are safe.”
However, on hearing about the incident many worried parents had already rushed to the school.
Witnesses said that the shooting incident led to a chaotic situation at the busy intersection and nearby marketplaces with people running towards what they considered were safer locations.
The shop owners brought their shutters down and the people on board vehicles abandoned them and took shelter in side lanes.
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