Suspected terrorists shot a woman dead and injured another while a senior Opposition National Conference (NC) leader’s house was attacked with explosive in south Kashmir’s Tral sub-district on Sunday. A non-local street vendor was shot dead late in the evening at Arwani village in Bijbehara.
Sources said that terrorists barged into the house of Muhammad Shafi Wagay at Seer Jagir village in south Kashmir’s Tral area, around 45 kilometers from here and opened indiscriminate fire on his wife Rubeena and a guest Yasmeena Akhtar. The bullets hit 18-year-old Yasmeena in her vital organs resulting into her instant death. Rubeena was immediately shifted to hospital where her conditional is reported to be stable.
Rubeena said that an armed teenager entered into her residence and told her that some police personnel wanted to talk to her on phone. “When I told him that I don’t know any policeman, he opened fire,” she said.
Rubeena, a resident of Khanmoh in Pampore tehsil, was closely related to Wagay family. She had arrived to see her relatives but it turned out to be her last visit out of her home.
A search operation was launched to nab the suspected terrorists involved in the attack.
“Initial investigation hinted that Jaish is behind the attack. We are trying to ascertain the reasons for the killing,” Superintendent of Police Mohammad Zahid said. later in the evening, militants hurled a grenade towards the residence of senior NC leader Muhammad Ashraf Bhat at Tral-e-Bala locality. A sub-inspector of CRPF Ali Muhammad was injured in the attack. Bhat, who unsuccessfully contested 2014 assembly elections, is one of the highly protected political leaders in south Kashmir. His father Muhammad Subhan Bhat, a former legislator, was killed by terrorists in early 1990s while his two brothers were also gunned down in subsequent years.
The attack on Bhat comes two days after terrorists hurled a grenade on ruling PDP legislator Mushtaq Ahmad Shah’s residence. Meanwhile, Pakistan violated ceasefire for the second consecutive day in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A porter was killed and a girl was injured in firing from across the border on Saturday.
late in the evening, unidentified gunmen shot dead a non-local vendor in Arwani area of Anantnag district. Police sources said the gunmen fired upon one Shakir Ahmad, a resident of UP, at Arwani in Anantnag district.
He was critically injured and died enroute hospital.
The official said that the slain was working in Kashmir since many years and was presently selling snacks. The killing is likely to trigger fleeing of non-local labourers, who have become suspects at many places of beinng braid-choppers.