Two youth martyred in IoK

SRINAGAR: Indian troops martyred two youth in Baramulla district of occupied Kashmir on Sunday, the Kashmir Media Service reported.

The youth were killed in Uri area of the district during a siege and cordon operation in the area.

An Indian army spokesman in a statement in Srinagar claimed that the youth were killed during a gunfight. However, the identity of the martyred youth could not be ascertained, immediately.

Indian troops have killed three youth in Kashmir in the past two days. Earlier, they killed a youth in Machil area of Kupwara district on Friday.

Meanwhile, a policeman was killed and another injured in an attack outside a police station at Rajpora in Pulwama district yesterday. A police official said that a police party was targeted outside the police station, eight kilometres from Pulwama town.

“Two cops were injured in the attack. Both of them were shifted to Pulwama district hospital immediately where from they were airlifted to Srinagar,” he added.

He said that one injured, Constable Abdul Salam Khan, succumbed to his injuries in the evening.