Indian paramilitary troopers inspect the site of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack

Four policemen on patrol duty were killed yesterday in an improvised explosive device blast by militants in a market in Sopore township, the first IED attack in Kashmir since 2015. The four personnel belonging to Indian Reserve Police-3rd battalion were on law and order duty in the township in north Kashmir, 50 km from here, when the IED planted by militants in the market, which was shut due to a separatist sponsored strike, went off, police said.