Jammu, June 27: A policeman was killed and two others were wounded on Thursday in an attack by Islamic militants at a police post in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A group of militants staged the attack before dawn, opening fire at the police post in Sanwa near Banihal town, 187 kilometres east of Jammu.
The two injured policemen were taken to a nearby hospital.
Police rushed reinforcements to the area, but the militants managed to escape.
Nearly 35,000 people have died in an armed insurgency by militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir dating back to 1989. Bureau Report