[DAWN] Suspected rebels shot and killed three unarmed coppers Monday after ambushing their vehicle in disputed Indian-held Kashmire, shortly after a separate incident left another officer critically injured, officials said.
The coppers were travelling to Amshipora village, 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of the main city of Srinagar, to probe a local land dispute when the ambush occurred.
The bully boys, dressed in army fatigues, first released unharmed two civilians who were travelling in the vehicle along with the driver before firing on the officers, inspector general of police Javid Gillani told AFP.
"They [coppers] were going for an investigation when their vehicle was ambushed. All the three were killed. They were unarmed," Gillani said.
Police and army have launched a hunt for the bully boys, whose attack came an hour after another police officer was shot and injured in a separate incident further north.
After boarding the bus travelling on a highway in Pattan, the suspected rebels noticed the officer, who was from a special counter-insurgency group of the state police force, was among those on board.
The rebels tried to hijack the bus before abandoning the move and shooting the officer, a police officer said on condition of anonymity.
"The Lions of Islam fled after shooting the police officer when the bus stopped in a traffic jam," the officer said.
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