45-year-old civilian shot dead by militants hours after Centre ends Ramzan ceasefire
Hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh announces end of month long ceasefire, a 45 year old man was shot dead by unidentified gunman in Kulgam, South Kashmir on Sunday evening. Police officials said that suspected militants barged into the home of Iqbal Kawak at Kelam in Kulgam district and opened fire. “Three militants targeted Kawak in his home. He has succumbed to his injuries,” Kulgam’s superintendent of police Harmeet Singh said. “It is not clear why he was targeted. He was a civilian,” he added. The editor of the ‘Rising Kashmir’, Shujaat Bukhari and his two security officers were killed by militans before Eid. Militants abducted and gunned down a Rashtriya Rifles soldier, Aurangzeb, as he was heading home for Eid. And, two men were allegedly killed in security forces action during protests in south Kashmir. Five civilians were wounded in a mysterious “low intensity” blast inside a park at Manasbal in Ganderbal district on Sunday. Police officials said all of them were shifted to a nearby hospital and are stated to be stable. Union home minister Singh said the government’s May 17 decision to end security operations aimed to provide the people of Jammu and Kashmir a “conducive atmosphere to observe Ramzan” but militants continued with their attacks, on civilians and security forces, resulting in deaths and injuries. -PTC News
