DAR AL HARB-INDIA: JIHADIST DISGUISED AS A "HEAD TO TOE BAG" SHOOTS DEAD POLICE CHEIF

Police chief assassinated in Indian Kashmir by militant posing as a woman

SRINAGAR, India: A suspected Islamic militant gunned down a police chief after posing as a Muslim woman hidden behind a veil in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, an official said. The brazen attack that killed Pampore police chief Manzoor Ahmed set off a gunbattle that also left a civilian dead and two constables wounded, said police officer Hemant Lohia.

The attacker donned the veil in order to get close to Ahmed, who was on foot patrol at the time of the shooting, Lohia said.

The assailant was able to flee the scene, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Srinagar, the summer capital of India's Jammu-Kashmir state.

Ahmed was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Lohia said. The condition of one of the wounded constables was listed as serious.

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a militant group based in Pakistan's portion of Kashmir, claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to a Srinagar-based news agency, the Current News Service.

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