3 policemen killed in militant attack in J&K's Shopian

Srinagar: Militants on Monday shot dead three unarmed policemen, who had gone for investigating a crime in a village in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.

"Three policemen -- one head constable and two constables -- were killed in a militant attack at Ashipora in Shopian district," a police officer said.

He said the slain policemen were unarmed and had gone to the village for investigating a crime when militants opened fire on them.

There have been been three attacks by terrorists in a span of four hours in the Kashmir valley.

Earlier in the day, ultras shot at and critically injured a police officer in Pattan area of Baramulla district.

One policeman injured in a militant attack in Patan area of Baramulla district brought to hospital. (Photo: Twitter)

Sub Inspector Ghulam Mustafa was shot at and injured by two  pistol-borne militants in a bus which was on its way to Pattan, a police official said.

The driver of the bus drove the bus to a local police post where the cops shifted their injured colleague to hospital, he said. 

In an earlier incident today, a civilian was injured in Tral in south Kashmir.