Pak Terrorist Escapes During Firing Outside Srinagar Hospital, Cop Killed

A Pakistani prisoner, who was brought to Srinagar's Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital for a routine medical check-up, managed to escape. The hospital has been cordoned off but it is not clear whether Naveed is still inside or has managed to flee the premises.

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Pak Terrorist Escapes During Firing Outside Srinagar Hospital, Cop Killed

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Pakistani terrorist Naveed Jutt was brought to the Srinagar hospital for a medical check-up.

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  1. Police had brought Naveed Jutt to the hospital for a medical check-up
  2. Naveed, who was arrested in 2014, was involved in several terror attacks
  3. Emergency services are functioning inside Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital
A Pakistani terrorist in police custody escaped this morning as he was brought to a Srinagar hospital for a routine medical check-up. Initial reports said the prisoner, Naveed Jutt, snatched a weapon from policemen accompanying him and opened fire just outside the hospital. One policeman has died, while another is injured, a senior officer said. 

Naveed still has the weapon he snatched, the police said. They are investigating reports that he was helped by accomplices who were already positioned inside the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital as he was brought there by a police party from the Rainawari central jail along with five other prisoners this morning. "There was somebody close to him who fired at our two constables," said Imtiaz Ismail, Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar

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The hospital has been cordoned off but it is not clear whether Naveed is still inside or has managed to flee the premises. Emergency services are functioning inside the hospital and the police said that while they are focusing on capturing the prisoner, they are also trying to ensure that patients at the hospital are not disturbed.
 
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Gunshots were fired at Srinagar's Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, killing a police constable.

Naveed, who was arrested in 2014, was involved in several terror attacks in Kashmir, including one in which a teacher on election duty was killed. He is also believed to be behind the killing of at least seven policemen, including three near a court house in Pulwama, about 36 km from Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar.  

The terrorist, who also goes by the name Abu Hanzullah, is from Multan in Pakistan and was known to be close to Abu Qasim, who headed the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Kashmir and was killed by security forces in 2015. 

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