Killings spark fear in Kashmir

The killing led to clashes between demonstrators and government forces elsewhere in the region


Afp June 15, 2015
PHOTO: AFP

SRINAGAR:


Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former militant in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, the fourth apparently targeted killing in a week in the restive Himalayan region.


Police said the attackers shot Aijaz Ahmed Reshi near his home in Sopore, 45 kilometres northwest of the main city of Srinagar, triggering panic among residents.

"He (Reshi) died on the spot. He was a surrendered terrorist," deputy inspector general of police for the area, Gareeb Dass, told AFP.

The killing led to clashes between demonstrators and government forces elsewhere in the region, with police firing tear gas to disperse protesters.

The targeted killings began Tuesday when unknown gunmen shot and killed an activist with the group which is led by Kashmir's top separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.

That was followed by the assassination of two more activists, one a sympathiser of the same separatist group and another a former rebel, on Friday and Sunday. Dass said initial police investigations indicated Hizbul Mujahideen may be behind the attacks.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 16th, 2015.

 

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