Militants open fire on police vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district

Militants attacked a police vehicle in Shopian district of Kashmir on Thursday.

Militants attacked a police vehicle in Shopian district of Kashmir on Thursday.

Militants opened fire on a police vehicle in Shopian district of Kashmir.(Waseem Andrabi/HT File Photo)

No one was hurt in the incident, police said.

Militants opened fire on the police vehicle escorting the bullet proof car of Shopian MLA, Mohammad Yousuf, which was being brought from Anantnag to Shopian at 9.30am at Harmain, a police official said.

He said a police vehicle and the MLA’s car suffered some damage while security forces returned the fire.