Security forces on Thursday killed a Pakistani terrorist as it launched a final assault to flush out another militant holed up in a hotel in Lal Chowk in the heart of the city in the over 22-hour operation that has left a policeman and a civilian dead.
Security forces on Thursday killed a Pakistani terrorist as it launched a final assault to flush out another militant holed up in a hotel in Lal Chowk in the heart of the city in the over 22-hour operation that has left a policeman and a civilian dead.
The Pakistani terrorist was identified by the security agencies through wireless intercepts as Qari while the other was named as Usman from Sopore.
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Hotel Panjab in Lal Chowk caught fire this morning as the security forces inched closer to the militant who was believed to be holed up in the top floor and was hurling grenades and firing at them.
The operation launched by police and paramilitary CRPF to neutralise the militants, suspended at around 11 pm yesterday, was resumed at 0700 hours today, officials said.
Meanwhile, one of the eight civilians injured in the incident yesterday succumbed to his wounds this morning at the SHMS hospital. A police constable was killed when militants hurled grenades at security forces in Lal Chowk area before they entered the hotel.
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