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Srinagar, August 20
Suspected militants on Sunday night shot dead a cable operator in Shopian district of Kashmir, police said.
The gunmen shot at Hilal Ahmad Malik near his residence at Malik Mohalla in Shopian at around 8 pm, a police official said.
He said Malik was taken to a hospital and his condition is stated to be critical.
This is third shooting incident in south Kashmir by unknown gunmen in past 24 hours.
Earlier, a bullet-riddled body of a teenage boy was recovered from an orchard at Dhobipora in Shopian today.
Gowhar Ahmad Dar was found killed in an orchard at around 12 noon, a police official said, adding the deceased had been shot in the head.
Militants shot dead a PDP worker at Dialgam in Anantnag district last evening. — PTI
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