Suspected terrorists attacked a convoy of police officials in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday while body of a top ranking foreign terrorist was recovered from the debris near an encounter site in Srinagar peripheries.
Sources said that unknown militants targeted a convoy of police vehicles at Hajipora village of Shopian on Saturday morning. Two officers including senior superintendent of police were traveling in the cavalcade. The police personnel opened fire in retaliation forcing the attackers to flee from the spot. A cordon and search operation was launched in the area to track down the attackers. No one was hurt in the exchange of fire.
Meanwhile, the security forces retrieved another charred body from the debris of a collapsed house where an encounter took place on Friday. Police said the body was that of a Pakistani terrorist Abu Hamas, who has been active in Pampore area of south Kashmir.