J&K: Civilian killed in suspected terror attack

According to the police, the first incident took place around 5.30 pm at Srinagar’s Karan Nagar area, when the suspected terrorists fired at Majid Ahmad Gojri, a resident of Chattabal.

A civilian was killed and another sustained injuries in Jammu & Kashmir’s Srinagar on Saturday, after suspected terrorists opened fire in two separate incidents, police said.

Security personnel arrive near the site where a man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the Karanagar area of Srinagar on Saturday. (AFP)

Suspected terrorists also hurled a grenade at a CRPF bunker in Anantnag district, but it missed the target and exploded nearby without causing any loss, an official added.

According to the police, the first incident took place around 5.30 pm at Srinagar’s Karan Nagar area, when the suspected terrorists fired at Majid Ahmad Gojri, a resident of Chattabal. “The injured was immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries,” the police said.

In the second incident, at about 8 pm, suspected terrorists shot at Mohammad Shafi Dar, at SD Colony Batamaloo in Srinagar.

Dar received critical gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital where he is undergoing treatment, an official told news agency PTI.