Army personnel near the encounter site in Kulgam District. Tribune file

Anantnag, May 6

Three persons, including a policeman, were killed and three injured when militants attacked a police party in Mirbazar area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district late this evening. The injured were shifted to Srinagar. A militant too died in the incident. (Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)SP Vaid, DGP, said the militants opened fire on a police party inspecting an accident site along the Srinagar-Jammu highway where civilians had gathered too. A policeman, two civilians and a militant were killed. Another militant was injured. — TNS