One cop dead in shoot-out at Srinagar hospital
February 06, 2018  12:51
Update on the attack on the Srinagar hospital.

A policeman was killed today and another injured as militants staged a daring attack outside a hospital in Srinagar to free a Pakistani terrorist from police custody, police said.

Mohammad Naveed alias Usman, a Pakistani terrorist linked with the Udhampur attack, was being taken to the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar, when  the ultras opened fire on the police party. Reports also say that Naveed snatched a weapon from the police personnel accompanying him and escaped in the ensuing melee.

One policeman was killed while another is battling for life in the hospital, a police official said. A carbine rifle of one of the cops is also reported
missing, the official said. The area has been cordoned off and searches are on to track down the ultras, he added.

There were five other prisoners accompanying him, who have all been remanded to custody. 

SSP Srinagar Imtiaz Ismail Parray said, "Six detainees were being brought from Central Jail. Out of them, one snatched weapons from the police and fired at the protection party. The prisoner's name is Naveed. He is probably an outsider."

The hospital has been closed to patients for a while.
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