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6 laborers shot dead in Kashmir


30 October 2019  

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SRINAGAR: Militants gunned down six migrant laborers on Tuesday in Jammu & Kashmir’s (J&K) Kulgam district, the fifth attack in two weeks, news reports said.

The incident came on a day a group of 23 European lawmakers met senior army and administration officials in the Valley, stoking violent protests in several parts of the region.

Four unidentified gunmen barged into a house in Kulgam’s Katrasoo village, dragged out the laborers, and shot them dead, said, security officials. All the victims were from Murshidabad district in West Bengal. Police said security has been beefed up in the area.

In the past two weeks, militants have killed four truck drivers, a trader from Punjab, and a migrant laborer from Rajasthan. The total number of victims from outside the state in this period now stands at 12.

(Agencies)

Publish Date : 30 October 2019 09:07 AM

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