SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead a policeman in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Thursday.
The policeman was killed at his home in Tral of Pulwama district, about 44 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Police suspects the gunmen to be militants.
"Last evening a Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed when militants fired upon him at Gutroo village in Tral," a police spokesman said. "The SPO died on spot."
In a separate incident, a throat slit body of a private school teacher was found in a Shopian village.
So far no militant outfit has claimed responsibility of the killings.
Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan, is claimed by both in full. Since their independence from Britain, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.
