Srinagar, October 18,KDC: Two non-local labourers were dead after militants attacked them at their rented accommodation on Tuesday in Hermain area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
A police told KDC that two non local labourers identified were attacked by militants as they were asleep at their rented accommodation, both of them belonged from Kanoji Uttar Pradesh.
They were shifted to district hospital Shopain, where both of them were declared brought dead, the officer added.
Both the slain labourers were identified as Ram Sagar son of Gaja and Manish Kumar son of Ram Avtar both residents of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers and a case is being registered in this regard.
Earlier, militants on Saturday gunned down a 48-year-old Kashmiri pandith who owned an apple orchard in J&K’s Shopian district.
In an unverified social media post, the little-known outfit took responsibility for the killing and claimed it had “already warned about our attacks” on Kashmiri Pandits and migrant workers. It also warned of further attacks.
The Valley started witnessing a new wave of attacks mainly targeting migrant workers after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Militants started targeting Kashmiri Pandits from last year with the killing of prominent businessman M L Bindroo who was shot at his medical store in Srinagar in October. (KDC)
