Hurriyat activist shot dead by gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore

Hakeem U Rahman was shot near his house at Bomai Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir.

A Hurriyat activist was shot dead by gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday, hospital officials said.

The civilian was shot dead near his house in Bomai Sopore. (AP File/Representative image)

Hakeem Rahman was shot from close range near his house at Bomai area.

“He was immediately shifted to a hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” a police official was quoted as saying by news agency IANS.  

The activist was affiliated with the group led by Syed Ali Geelani and had been recently released from jail.