Suspected militants kill two Indian policemen in Kashmir
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Buy SPH photosSRINAGAR (AFP) - Suspected militants on Saturday shot dead two policemen in Indian Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region which has been tense since the hanging of a separatist last month, police said.
The assailants fired at two paramilitary policemen from close range in the attack carried out near a bus stop in Kupwara district, north of the region's main city Srinagar, police said.
"Militants fired at policemen who were discharging their duties near Handwara bus stand this morning. They were shifted to hospital where they were declared dead," a police spokesman told AFP.
The Kashmir valley has been tense since Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri separatist, was hanged in February at a jail in New Delhi for his involvement in a 2001 attack on India's parliament which killed 10 people.
