2 killed in Kashmir blasts

By Shujaat Bukhari

JAMMU, DEC. 11. Continuing with their `disregard' for the month- long ceasefire, separatist militants today triggered blasts in Srinagar and Chadoora in which at least two persons were killed and 19, including six paramilitary personnel, injured. Two special police officials also came under the attack and one of them was killed.

The militants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on a cycle and detonated it in a busy market at Qamarwari today. The IGP, Kashmir Zone, Dr Ashok Bhan, said five BSF personnel and three civilian were injured. One of the civilians, Mohammad Younus Kawoosa, succumbed to his injuries.

In Chadoora township of Budgam district, the militants tossed a grenade at a CRPF patrol injuring five jawans and 11 civilians, most of them women. The forces, however, did not retaliate.

In Lalpora Kupwara, the militants fired a rocket towards the house of an SPO, Abdul Qadoos Khan. Another SPO, Mohammad Sadiq, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Surankot area of Poonch last night, the police said.

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