SOPORE: A local political activist was killed and another injured late Friday evening when unknown gunmen fired at them near Seelo in North Kashmir’s Sopore town, newsgathering agencies quoted Police sources as said.
Unknown gunmen, according to reports, barged inside a residential house of a congress activist Khazir Mohammad Naikoo at around 9:05 p.m and showered a volley of bullets at their family members.
In the firing incident, two persons identified as Nazir Ahmad Naikoo son of Khazir Mohammad and his cousin Shabir Ahmad, a student, suffered critical injuries. The duo was immediately shifted to sub-district hospital Sopore where Nazir Ahmad Naikoo, a Contactor by profession succumbed to injuries.
However the other injured Shabir Ahmad was referred to SKIMS Soura in critical conditions, the reports said adding that soon after the incident, armys 22 RR and SOG rushed to the spot and launched the searches to nab the assailants.
A GNS report recalled the killing of a 60-year old Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mohammad Shafi Sheikh of Zaloora, Sopore, near the residence of Khazir Mohammad Naikoo, on February 16 last year.
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