Photos: India: 'Pakistani' Militants Dressed as Cricketers Kill Five Troops in Kashmir [PHOTOS]
By Vasudevan Sridharan | Mar 13, 2013 08:39 PM EDT
Two militants allegedly from Pakistan have killed at least five Indian paramilitary policemen in Kashmir, after ambushing the security force dressed as cricketers.
It is reported that two gunmen ambushed the police on an open patch of land near a school in Kashmir's principal city, Srinagar. Children had been playing cricket in the area prior to the attack.
Initial police reports claimed both the assailants have also been killed in the attack. Three civilians and six other security personnel have sustained injuries.
"Five of our CRPF Jawans (members of Central Reserve Police Force) were martyred. Two fidayeen (suicide militants) were neutralised and searches are going on," a senior police official at the scene told reporters.
No militant outfit has yet claimed responsibility for the shootings. It is thought the attack was sparked by recent protests demanding that the remains of Kashmiri freedom fighter Afzal Guru be returned.
Guru, originally from the Kashmir valley, was convicted of attacking India's parliament building in 2001, and recently hanged in secret, prompting tension across the disputed border region.
This is the first major attack in Kashmir in the last three years. A similar attack in January 2010 killed three militants and five others.
Indian paramilitary soldiers carry their injured colleague to a hospital during the gunfight in Srinagar
Source: Reuters Date:03/13/2013
Indian paramilitary soldiers gesture as their injured colleague lies on the ground during the gunfight in Srinagar
Source: Reuters Date:03/13/2013
An Indian paramilitary soldier gestures as he runs during the gunfight in Srinagar
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Indian army soldiers stand guard at the site of a gunfight in Srinagar
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An Indian policeman runs for cover during a gunfight in Srinagar
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Indian security personnel carry the body of a suspected militant after a gunfight in Srinagar
Source: Reuters Date:03/13/2013
