Thousands attend funeral of slain militants amid shutdown in Tral
Srinagar, Apr 25: Thousands of mourners on Wednesday turned up at the funeral of two slain militants in Handura and Khargund villages of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Two militants – Abid Ahmad of Khargund and Ishfaq Ahmad of Handoora – were killed along with two foreigners, identified by the police as Umar Khalid and Yasir, in a 12-hour-long gunfight in Lam forests of Tral yesterday.
A soldier and a policeman were also killed and two army-men wounded in the gunfight.
Locals said that thousands of people had assembled in both the villages to take part in the last rites of the slain militants.
They said four rounds of funeral prayers each were held for both slain militants in Handura and Khargund villages
They said that militants appeared during the funeral of Ishfaq Ahmad in Handoora and offered a gun salute.
Meanwhile, clashes erupted in Aripal area after youth took to streets and hurled rocks at the forces deployed there.
Shutdown was also observed in Tral area to mourn the killings.
