A securityman and a civilian were killed and seven others, including five policemen, were injured in a blast at Bandipore today. Elsewhere, 17 people, including an army capitain and 13 militants, were killed while 15 others were injured in separate incidents across the state since yesterday.
Just another day in beautiful Kashmir...- A BSF sub-inspector and a civilian were killed while seven others were seriously injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion triggered by militants at Bandipore in Varmul district today. The explosion took place when a bomb disposal squad was defusing an IED detected by security personnel. The injured included two members of the bomb disposal squad, two civilians and three policemen. Militant group, Al-Badr, claimed responsibility for the explosion adding three securitymen and a captain were killed in it. Reports quoted the Bandipore spokesman of the group, Sa’adullah Hizbi, as saying its militants had triggered the blast.
- Five infiltrators trying to cross the international border in Nanga area of Samba sector under cover of firing by Pakistani Rangers, were shot dead by army today.
"Huh huh! This is gonna be so-o-o-o-o neat! We've gonna kill infidels an' we're gonna... Ow! Ow! Hey! Ow!"
- Six Hizbul Mujahideen militants and an army captain were killed and four soldiers were injured in an encounter at Lanjote village in Balakote (Mendhar) area of Poonch district today, a police spokesman said.
- Another militant of the outfit identified as Shahbaz Ahmad was killed in a gunfight with security forces at Shahnagri forest of Kupwara district.
- Security forces also killed a district commander of Al-Badr outfit in Udhampur district in Jammu region today.
- Unidentified gunmen shot dead a woman inside her house at Barsoo-Ganderbal on the outskirts of the city. Two unidentified bodies were recovered by police from Pulwama district and Kupwara district.
- Seven civilians were injured when unidentified gunmen exploded a grenade near a security picket in Islamabad district of south Kashmir.
- Unidentified persons exploded two more IEDs, one each near Lalpora in Kupwara district and Darhal in Rajouri district, injuring a jawan and a special police officer.
- Two more persons, Muhammad Yousuf Lone and his daughter Niza, were injured when they accidently set off a grenade inside their house at Zainapora village of Pulwama district, sources said, adding, Yousuf had found the grenade in a field and taken it home and tried to fiddle with it causing the blast.
Actually, it sounds like the gene pool would be better off without Muhammad...
- Security forces seized 80 kg RDX and arms and ammunition during search operations in forests of Pulwama district today. The haul included 70 kg of gun-powder, 67 rounds of ammunition, eight under-barrel grenade launchers and six hand grenades. The search was launched in the forests of Rajpora belt on a tip off that some militants were hiding in the area and the explosives were found dumped there, the sources said.
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