Srinagar siege: Operation on to flush out militants, toll rises to two

SRINAGAR: An operation by security forces to flush out two militants hold up in a hotel here intensified on Thursday morning, even as the death toll in the major terror attack in the heart of the city rose to two with a civilian succumbing to injuries.

The operation launched by police and paramilitary CRPF to neutralise the militants in Hotel Panjab in Lal Chowk which was suspended at around 11pm on Wednesdy was resumed at 0700 hours today, officials said.

Intermittent firing between the security forces and the militants is continuing, they said.

Meanwhile, one of the eight civilians injured in the incident on Wednesday succumbed to his wounds on Thursday morning at the SHMS hospital, the officials said.



One policeman was killed when militants hurled grenades at security forces in Lal Chowk area before they entering the hotel.

Lal Chowk has witnessed several such attacks in the over 20-year-long militancy. It is thronged by thousands of people everyday.

This is the first terrorist attack after two years in the Kashmir valley and has come at a time when the state government has been claiming a sharp decline in violence here.

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