In a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district, a Municipal Councillor Riyaz Ahmad, and a policeman Shafqat Ahmad were killed on Monday.
Forces have been deployed in the area following the attack. Another councillor Shams-ud-din Peer has sustained severe wounds in the attack.

Army men rush near the spot of the militant attack in the Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo by Sajad Hameed

Security personnel arrive near the scene of a recent militant attack on Municipal councillor, at Sopore in North Kashmir. | Photo by Sajad Hameed

Paramilitary troopers are seen near the site of an attack by suspected militants on Municipal councillor, at Sopore in North Kashmir. | Photo by Sajad Hameed

Wreath-laying ceremony of the police personnel and BDC member who lost their lives in the Sopore militants attack. | Photo by Sajad Hameed

Paramilitary troopers are seen near the site of an attack by suspected militants on Municipal Councillor, at Sopore in North Kashmir. | Photo by Sajad Hameed
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