Another Targetted Attack in Kashmir's Shopian, Shot In The head, Man Critical
NDTV
Satish Kumar Singh was shot in Kulgam's Kakran village. He was critically injured and shifted to a local hospital, the police said. Officials say he was shot in the head from a point blank range.
Terrorists shot at and injured a Kashmir Hindu in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir today in what appeared yet another targeted attack. Satish Kumar Singh was shot in Kulgam's Kakran village. He was critically injured and shifted to a local hospital, the police said. Officials say he was shot in the head from a point blank range.
Today's attack is the latest in a series of targetted attacks on migrant workers and local minorities that has been sweeping the Kashmir over the last seven months.
The targeted killings had started in October, the victims being mostly migrants from outside Jammu and Kashmir who came in search of jobs and indigenous Kashmiri pandits.
In October, seven civilians were killed in five days -- among them a Kashmiri Pandit, a Sikh and two non-local Hindus.