SRINAGAR, July 17: Suspected militants killed a prisoner and wounded four police officers and a passer-by in India-held Kashmir when they lobbed a grenade at a police vehicle on Wednesday, police said.
The vehicle was hit while passing through a crowded market in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar. A passer-by also suffered injuries in the attack.
Shakeel Ahmad Ksana, a prisoner who was being shifted to a jail in the vehicle, died while receiving treatment in a hospital, a police statement said.
“It was a random attack on police. No one has been arrested for the attack,” local police official Afadul Mujtaba said.—AFP
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