Suspected militants shot at a Jammu and Kashmir police constable in Bemina area of the city here on Saturday, officials said.

The policeman has been rushed to a nearby hospital after the attack, they said.

Constable Mohammad Hafiz was fired upon by militants at Hamdaniya Colony in Bemina locality, the officials said. Hafiz is a resident of Karnah in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district but presently lives in Bemina, they said.

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