CM distressed over civilian killings in Shopian
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday expressed anguish over the civilian killings in south Kashmir’s Shopian village.
Deeply distressed by more deaths of civilians caught in the crossfire in Shopian. My heartfelt condolences to the deceased’s families.
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) March 5, 2018
Mehbooba wrote on Twitter“Deeply distressed by more deaths of civilians caught in the crossfire in Shopian. My heartfelt condolences to the deceased’s families.”
Last night, an army spokesman claimed that a militant and three overground workers of militants were killed in retaliatory action by the army following an attack on a Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) of army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles at Pahnoo.
However, the villagers refuted the army claim and said the three slain men were civilians and not OGWs.
Meanwhile, Two militants and four civilians were killed in a brief gunfight at Pahnoo area of Shopian district in south Kashmir.
