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Civilian killed in firing incident in Shopian in J&K

The incident took place in Zainapora area of Shopian in south Kashmir
Last Updated 24 October 2021, 08:35 IST

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.

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.

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.”

Police said that the CRPF party “was out for area domination when militants fired upon them, which they (CRPF) retaliated.”

“During cross-firing, one person died. Credentials are being ascertained,” police said.

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.

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.

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(Published 24 October 2021, 06:49 IST)

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