Four policemen killed in J&K blast
Saturday - January 6, 2018 11:06 am ,
Category : INDIA
Four policemen killed in J&K blast
Srinagar Jan 6 (IANS) Four policemen were killed and several others injured on Saturday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Jammu and Kashmir s Sopore town.
The powerful IED explosion ripped through the Sopore market area which was immediately cordoned off police said. Separatists had called for a protest shutdown and a march in the town on Saturday.
The injured were shifted to hospital. A search operation is underway a police officer said.
Heavy deployment of security forces was already in place to maintain law and order situation in the wake of separatist-called protest shutdown in Sopore.
--IANS
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