Heart-wrenching! Cop rescues 3-year-old boy sitting on grandfather's body from Kashmir encounter site

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, July 1

In a heart-wrenching sight, a three-year-old boy was pictorially captured sitting on the body of his grandfather, a civilian who fell victim to bullets exchanged in cross-fire between security forces and militants in South Kashmir’s restive Sopore belt.

He was soon rescued by Sopore SHO Azim Khan from the spot and later taken to his family. The inconsolable boy looked shocked after the incident.

Terrorists gunned down a civilian who had gone to buy milk. He had taken a young child along with him, a relative.

Heartbreaking images. #Sopore pic.twitter.com/Uq8LLSlewH

— Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) (@majorgauravarya) July 1, 2020

JKP #rescued a three years old boy from getting hit by bullets during #terrorist #attack in #Sopore. @JmuKmrPolice pic.twitter.com/hzqGGvG7yN

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 1, 2020

As per reports, the civilian had gone to buy milk. He had taken his grandson along with him.

In Sopore today, terrorists opened fire at @crpfindia troops. We lost one soldier & two others were injured. A civilian was killed. Azim Khan, SHO Sopore rescued a young boy whose relative was killed by terrorists. pic.twitter.com/A1u7hRHuWj

— Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) (@majorgauravarya) July 1, 2020

At least one CRPF jawan and a civilian were killed while two other security force personnel received injuries in a militant attack.

The militants opened firing on a naka party of security forces in Sopore, resulting in injuries to three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and a civilian.