Forces scanning CCTV footage to identify attackers: IGP

Srinagar, November 26

Three militants travelling in a car carried out the attack on a quick reaction team (QRT) at Parimpora on the outskirts of the city here on Thursday, in which two Army soldiers were killed, and the security forces are analysing the CCTV footage of the incident to identify the attackers, the Inspector-General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said.

The militants opened fire on the security forces at Khushipora in the the Parimpora area, resulting in injuries to two Army personnel. The injured soldiers were rushed to a military facility in the nearby Shariefabad camp where they succumbed.

“Three militants travelling in a car fired indiscriminately at the Army men, leaving two of them seriously wounded. Both the injured soldiers have succumbed,” Kumar told the media near the site of the incident.

The IGP said security forces were now chasing the vehicle which was used in the attack. It seemed the attack was carried out either by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit, he said. “There is movement of LeT and Jaish here and we will identify the group behind the attack by evening. Among the three, two could be foreign terrorists from Pakistan and one local. We are analysing the CCTV footage,” he said. — PTI