Three of the four militants — Shahid Khursheed, Ubaid Shafi, both from Srinagar city and Suhail Nisar Lone from Khrew, Pulwama and Junaid Ahmed from Prichoo, Pulwama — were killed during subsequent gunfights in Pulwama and Korernag areas of South Kashmir. Khursheed is still at large.
Three CRPF personnel were killed in a daring attack at Lawaypora at the outskirts of Srinagar city in March. Incidentally, it was the first such attack targeting government forces even as India and Pakistan announced that they had signed a ceasefire deal, signifying the thawing of frozen relations.
In February, another CCTV clip showed a militant following a cop before lifting the hem of his feran, a Kashmiri winter cloak, and opening fire on two Jammu & Kashmir Police SPOs, Suhail Ahmed and Muhammed Yousuf. Both cops succumbed to injuries. The attack took place at Baghat, an upscale locality in Srinagar.
In June, another youth succumbed to his injuries at the Barbarshah area of the old part of…