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Kokarnag SHO, 5 cops killed in ambush

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

A day after the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir was extended by three months, six policemen, including a station house officer of the Kokernag police station, and a civilian were killed in a militant ambush at village Danwatpora in southern Anantnag district late on Friday afternoon.

A senior police officer said a group of heavily armed militants attacked a passing police vehicle at village Danwatpora near Kokernag with grenades and assault rifles. SHO Kokernag, Abdul Rashid Malik and his five guards died on the spot, while two policemen received serious injuries.

One bystander, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim, also died in the heavy exchange of fire.

The injured policemen have been shifted to the Bone and Joint hospital at Barzalla. Their condition is stated to be critical.

The militants before fleeing the spot took away two AK-47s, four self loading rifles and a wireless set from the slain policemen.

No militant group has yet owned responsibility for the attack. As the news about the killings reached Anantnag, senior police officers rushed to the spot with reinforcements.

A massive combing operation has been ordered in the area.

On Thursday All Parties Huriyat Conference chairman Professor Abdul Gani Butt escaped an attempt on his life in north Kashmir.

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