Militants kill cable operator in Kashmir

Separatist militants shot dead a cable operator in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said on Saturday.

Separatist militants shot dead a cable operator in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said on Saturday.

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The guerrillas barged into a house in Khawaja Gilgit locality of Sopore, 54 km from Srinagar, late Friday and opened fire. Ashiq Hussain Khan, a local cable operator, was critically injured, a senior police officer said.

"Ashiq was immediately taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries," the police officer told IANS.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the killing.