A policeman was killed and another was injured in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday, police said.
"Selection grade constable, Abdul Salam injured along with his colleague in a militant attack near Rajpora police station has succumbed to critical injuries in the hospital," a police statement said.
The two were injured, when militants lobbed a grenade at a police party in the area.
The injured policemen were shifted to the army base hospital in Badami Bagh cantonment here but Salam succumbed to his critical injuries.
Security forces had immediately surrounded the area, but the attackers could not be traced.
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