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Hurriyat leader Hafizullah shot dead in Anantnag, JRL calls for shutdown

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 Editor

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a top separatist leader, Mir Hafizullah, at his residence in Badura locality in Akingam Achabal area of Anantnag district. Mir was shot dead barely 20 yards away from his home on Anantnag-Kishtwar highway at Akingam at around 10:30 am. “A car stopped on highway outside his home and a masked person alighted from it while two remained seated inside. As the masked man approached towards him, Hafizullah started asking the masked man who he was and why they had stopped outside his house. Within…

4 Civilians, Militant killed in Shopian shootout, JRL Calls for Shutdown

March 5, 2018 Editor

Four civilians and a militant were killed when gunmen attacked an army vehicle in Shopian district on Sunday evening, an official said. Army’s Srinagar based spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told Kashmir Post that all four were killed after militants attacked the Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) of army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles at Pahnoo village this evening. “Militants travelling in a vehicle fired upon army personnel who retaliated by firing several shots, leading to a brief exchange of fire. During the exchange of fire one militant was killed instantly and later…