Two security personnel were killed while four others were injured as a group of fidayeen (suicide) militants in a pre-dawn attack stormed a police building in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday.

Sources said two to three heavily armed militants, believed to be fidayeen, stormed District Police Lines (DPL) Pulwama at around 4:15 am and opened a heavy volume of fire resulting in injuries to the six security personnel.

“Intermittent firing is still going on. Two fidayeen are believed to be inside the DPL. The area has been cordoned off. Choppers are hovering around the area to locate the militants and the high alert has been issued in south Kashmir,” they said.

The injured security personnel were shifted to hospital where a policeman and a CRPF personnel succumbed. Officials said the camp was targeted to inflict high casualties on forces as hundreds of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF personnel are stationed inside the DPL.

The camp, that has been attacked, is situated in a high-security area and close to Deputy Commissioner and SSP office on Shopian-Pulwama highway. Initial reports suggest, that fidayeen were firing from a three-storey police building where several policemen are trapped. However, officials said there is no hostage-like situation.

Inspector General Police (IGP) Kashmir Muneer Khan said the operation was going on. "We are evacuating people. Both CRPF and Jammu & Kashmir (personnel) are stationed in police lines," he told reporters.

Authorities suspended Internet services in Pulwama district as a “precautionary measure” to prevent law and order situation following the attack.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, militants attacked an army vehicle in Hygam area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district late Friday. Reports said that militants fired a rifle grenade at an army casper in Hygam village of Sopore, 45 km from here. However, there was no report of any casualties.

Two security men killed in Pulwama suicide attack