Jammu and Kashmir (The Stellar News): A Kashmiri Pandit was shot dead in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian Tuesday and another was injured, J&K Police tweeted, adding that the injured person is being treated at a local hospital. The dead man has been identified as Sunil Kumar Bhat and the injured man is his brother, Pintu Kumar.
The two were shot at in an apple orchard, the police said.
“Terrorists fired upon civilians in an apple orchard in Chotipora area of Shopian. One person died and one injured. Both belong to minority community. Injured person has been shifted to hospital. Area cordoned off. Further details shall follow,” the police said this afternoon.
The attack – the latest in a grisly sequence of targeted killings stretching back to October last year – has been strongly condemned by National Conference leader and ex J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, who offered his condolences.
“Terribly sad news from South Kashmir today. An accident (referring to the death of at least six troops from the Indo Tibetan Border Police who died after the bus they were in fell into a riverbed) & a militant attack have left a trail of death & suffering. I condemn the militant attack in Shopian unequivocally in which Sunil Kumar was killed & Pinto Kumar injured. My condolences…”
