A policeman killed when a 'television bomb' exploded was among seven victims, including two children, of the latest violence in Indian Kashmir. A TV set packed with explosives detonated outside a security camp near Shopian town, 50 km south of the summer capital Srinagar.
Police said unidentified militants had planted the booby-trapped set at the camp's main gate and it went off when Shabir Ahmed, a curious policeman, fiddled with its switches.
Two children of a state government worker were shot dead by rebels in southern Kashmir late Saturday in Poonch district, 210 km west of Jammu. The militants entered the home of Mohammad Qayoom and opened fire, killing his two sons aged 10 and 12 years. His 8-year old daughter too was injured in the attack.
Indian troops shot dead two fighters of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad guerrilla group in the southern Kashmir district of Pulwama, a spokesman from the paramilitary BSF said.
India blames the Jaish and Lashkar-e-Taiba group for attacking the national parliament in December.
Another Jaish militant was shot dead in northern Kupwara district overnight, the spokesman said.
A soldier died and two others were injured in a rebel-led ambush in southern Doda district late yesterday.
Militants also shot dead a civilian overnight in the same district.
