SHOT POINT BLANK… NINTH KILLING OF CIVILIANS IN 2 WKS

Non-Natives Shot Dead in Separate Incidents in Srinagar & Pulwama

SRINAGAR: Amid a spate of civilian killings in the Valley, two street vendors were killed in separate attacks by unidentified terrorists on Saturday evening in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar and Pulwama. The deceased are Arvind Kumar from Bihar’s Banka district and Sagir Ahmed from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur.

Taking to Twitter, the J&K Police said, “Terrorists fired upon 2 #NonLocal labourers in #Srinagar & #Pulwama. Arvind Kumar Shah of Banka Bihar #succumbed to injuries in Srinagar and Sagir Ahmad of UP #critically injured in Pulwama. Areas have been cordoned and searches started.”

Minutes after, J&K Police tweeted, “#NonLocal labourer Sagir Ahmad of Saharanpur, UP who was #critically injured in a #terror attack in Pulwama, also #succumbed to his injuries. Search operations are in progress. Further details shall follow.”

The security forces have reached both the spots and cordoned off the areas to nab the attackers. In the last few days, two teachers named Supinder Kour and Deepak Chand, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit and the owner of Srinagar’s famous pharmacy Makhan Lal Bindroo, and a ‘chaat’ vendor Virendra Paswan from Bihar were among those killed by the terrorists recently.

On Friday, a militant involved in recent civilian killings in Srinagar was gunned down in an encounter in Pulwama. Security men received information about the presence of militants in Wahibug, Pulwama, following a cordon and search operation there. The slain ultra, Shahid Bashir Sheikh, was a Srinagar resident. One AK-47 rifle and ammunition was recovered from the encounter site.