BARAMULLA; 28, July 2013: A special police officer (SPO) was killed on Sunday morning when unknown persons attacked him at Chankhan, Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Official sources told that SPO, Mudasir Ahmad Dar of Unto Hamam, Chankhan, Sopore was injured critically after unknown persons fired upon him around 9:50 this morning outside his residence.

Dar was immediately rushed to near by hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

Police has registered a case in this regard and starts further investigations.