BBC: [2] Three policemen were killed and 11 injured after militants attacked a bus carrying security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, police officials said.[3] They said three militants fired indiscriminately on the bus near a police camp in Srinagar city on Monday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences, and has sought more details on the attack.
[4] The area has been cordoned off, and a search operation is underway.Officials say the attack happened when the policemen were returning to their campus after work, and that the militants escaped under cover of darkness while security forces retaliated.
[5] Two of the policemen – assistant sub-inspector Ghulam Hassan and constable Safique Ali – died on Monday night, according to an official statement. A third, constable Rameez Ahmad Baba, succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning.
Kashmir’s inspector general Vijay Kumar said in a statement that “credible sources revealed that the attack was carried by Kashmir Tigers, an offshoot of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)”.