Jammu, June 13 -- Two policemen and an equal number of civilians were killed while three cops and another civilian received critical injuries in a daring strike by a group of three motorcycle borne terrorists in the Arampora area of Sopore town of North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday.

According to police, two local and one foreign terrorist belonging to the Lashkar-e- Taiba terrorist outfit were suspected to be behind the attack. The policemen were deployed in the area to strictly enforce Covid-19 protocol.

A massive manhunt to track down the footprints of local terrorists were launched soon after they ran away after hitting the target.

The terror strike took place at a time when peace talks centering around the Kashmir issue s...