J&K: SPO, son injured after unknown gunmen open fire in Hanwara

A Special Police Officer and his 11-year-old son were injured after unknown gunmen opened fire upon them at Hanjin village of Kralgund in Handwara area of Kupwara district on Friday evening.

Altaf Ahmad Khan, a special police officer in Hanjin village of Karlgund in Handwara, and his 9-year-old son, who was sitting in his lap when the gunmen fired, were rushed to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment while police has launched a hunt for the gunmen.

A police official said that gunmen barged into the house of the SPO, Altaf Khan, and opened fire on him.

He said that his son Waqif Altaf was also injured in the firing incident.

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