The Congress and the NC Tuesday condemned the militant attack on a police post in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir in which three police personnel died.

"I strongly condemn the attack on the police post in Shopian and condole the deaths of three police personnel in the line of duty," former chief minister Omar Abdullah said.

"I pray for their souls & for the speedy recovery of those injured in this attack," added the National Conference (NC) leader.

The Congress too expressed shock over the attack.

"The killings or violence has neither served any purpose nor will benefit anyone, rather such type of dastardly acts will have serious implications on the society, besides vitiating the peace," a spokesman of the Pradesh Congress Committee said in a statement.

"The loss of lives is highly painful," the leader added.

Three policemen were killed when Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists attacked a guard post outside a minority pocket in south Kashmir's Shopian.

The attack took place in the afternoon when four policemen were sitting in a pre-fabricated room outside the pocket that houses six Kashmiri pandit families.

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