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3 of family gunned down in Baramullah

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

Three members of a family were gunned down last night by unidentified militants at Dangiwachi village, Baramullah district, in Jammu and Kashmir.

The police said militants barged into the house of Muzaffar Khan in Dangiwachi village and opened indiscriminate fire on the inmates, resulting in the death of Khan's wife and his only son Javed on the spot.

Khan himself was seriously injured and rushed to hospital late in the night, where he succumbed to his injuries on Thursday morning.

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.

In another incident, militants opened fire on the Special Operations Group camped at Kunzar in Baramullah district, resulting in serious injury to a police constable. The constable was rushed to the hospital where his condition was stated to be serious.

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