<p>A civilian, reportedly a milkman, was killed in a firing incident near a CRPF camp in Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday.</p>.<p>While the police said he was killed in “cross-firing” between security forces and militants, the circumstances that led to the killing were not clear yet. </p>.<p>A local news gathering agency KNO, quoting an unnamed police official, reported that Shahid Aijaz from neighboring Anantnag district was killed in “cross-firing after a CRPF party retaliated a militant attack in the area.”</p>.<p>Police said that the CRPF party “was out for area domination when militants fired upon them, which they (CRPF) retaliated.”</p>.<p>“During cross-firing, one person died. Credentials are being ascertained,” police said.</p>.<p>This is the second incident in October when a civilian was killed in an incident involving the Central Reserve Police Force in Kashmir. On October 7, a man was shot dead by the CRPF in Anantnag district after the driver of his car failed to stop the vehicle at a checkpoint.</p>.<p>Besides these two deaths, 11 civilians, including non-local labourers, have been killed in Kashmir this month. The Resistance Front, believed to be an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit, has claimed responsibility for most of the civilian killings.</p>.<p> <strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>A civilian, reportedly a milkman, was killed in a firing incident near a CRPF camp in Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday.</p>.<p>While the police said he was killed in “cross-firing” between security forces and militants, the circumstances that led to the killing were not clear yet. </p>.<p>A local news gathering agency KNO, quoting an unnamed police official, reported that Shahid Aijaz from neighboring Anantnag district was killed in “cross-firing after a CRPF party retaliated a militant attack in the area.”</p>.<p>Police said that the CRPF party “was out for area domination when militants fired upon them, which they (CRPF) retaliated.”</p>.<p>“During cross-firing, one person died. Credentials are being ascertained,” police said.</p>.<p>This is the second incident in October when a civilian was killed in an incident involving the Central Reserve Police Force in Kashmir. On October 7, a man was shot dead by the CRPF in Anantnag district after the driver of his car failed to stop the vehicle at a checkpoint.</p>.<p>Besides these two deaths, 11 civilians, including non-local labourers, have been killed in Kashmir this month. The Resistance Front, believed to be an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit, has claimed responsibility for most of the civilian killings.</p>.<p> <strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
