Civilian shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Sopore

June 12, 2015 22:12

Mukhtar Ahmad reports from Srinagar:

Militants shot at and killed a shopkeeper in north Kashmir's apple rich Sopore town late Friday evening.

A senior police officer said militants fired at Khursheed Ahmad Bhat, a shopkeeper at Bomai Sopore this evening.

"Khursheed, was immediately shifted to Sopore hospital where he succumbed,' said the officer. Senior police officers rushed to the spot immediately and the area was searched. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the killing which came days after a hospital employee was killed in Sopore town.

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