SRINAGAR: Two civilians were killed and another injured in two separate terror attacks in Kashmir on Friday. The twin attack comes barely two days after an SPO and a 22-year-old Kashmiri youth were killed and a police constable injured after terrorists opened fire at a police party in Baramulla ’s Warpora area on Wednesday.

In south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Tral resident Shabir Ahmad Bhat was shot outside his residence by terrorists on Friday evening. Bhat was rushed to a nearby hospital in a severely injured condition where he succumbed during treatment. Tral DSP Aijaz Malik confirmed the death, adding that a search operation has been launched to trace the unidentified attackers.

Later in the day, a 62-year-old man was killed and another was injured after terrorists lobbed a grenade in Mahraj Gunj area of old Srinagar . Both civilians had sustained splinter injuries in the explosion and one of them — identified as Ghulam Nabi Ahanger of Aishan Sahab in Zaina Kadal area — succumbed. The other injured, Muhammad Rafiq Shalla (42) of Kanimazar area in Nawa Kadal, is still under treatment.

Following the attack, a joint team of security forces cordoned off the area and launched a massive search operation for the perpetrators, CRPF spokesperson Neeraj Rathore said.

