SRINAGAR: Suspected Islamic militants abducted and killed a former soldier in the Indian-occupied portion of Kashmir, police said Friday. Two suspected militants entered the home of Mukhtar Ahmed, a former soldier in the Indian army, in Beerwah village and took him away Thursday night, police officer Manzoor Ahmed. Hours later, residents found his bullet-riddled body on the outskirts of the village, Ahmed said. Ahmed blamed the killing on Islamic militants. Meanwhile, two policemen who were wounded by suspected militants in Srinagar on Thursday succumbed to their injuries at a local hospital, police said. The two men were injured when the suspected militants attacked a security patrol in the city's Lal Chowk neighbourhood. The militant group Jaish-e Mohammed claimed responsibility for the shooting.