Two bank guards killed in militant attack in Kashmir

Two guards of Jammu and Kashmir Bank were killed on Monday when militants fired indiscriminately at a bank cash van in south Kashmir to loot the money, police said.

Police said the exact amount of cash looted was yet to be ascertained.

Police said the militants fired at and critically injured the guards in Keller area of Shopian district. They later died at a hospital.

Security forces were rushed to the spot to hunt for the militants.

--IANS

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