Nine people, including an elderly Muslim and his son, were killed on Saturday and overnight in separatist-linked violence in Indian-held Kashmir, where the residence of a state lawmaker was also attacked, police said.- Police said a group of suspected militants barged into the house of Mohammed Khursheed, 60, in the village of Kasblari in south-western Poonch district on Saturday morning, shooting dead both him and his son Shamim Ahmed, 30. âThe immediate motive for the killing was not known,â a police spokesman said. No group has claimed responsibility.
- The spokesman said Indian troops overnight shot dead three militants who belonged to Hizbul Mujahedin in the Doori Mal forests of another southern district, Rajouri.
- In Poonch, a security force soldier was killed in an ambush on Saturday.
- In southern Doda district two more militants died and four security personnel were injured in incidents.
- Militants in the village of Targali in northern Kupwara district also killed an Indian army soldier in an ambush on Saturday, police said.
Meanwhile, police are searching for militants who are believed to be trying to enter Srinagar to launch suicide attacks on Indiaâs Independence Day, the regionâs police chief said. |