Militants shoot, injure civilian in J&K's Pampore town

Militants shoot, injure civilian in J&K's Pampore town

Pampore: Security beefed up after unidentified gunmen fired at an army convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Pampore area of Pulwama district on Dec 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS)

Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) Militants have shot and critically injured a civilian in Pampore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the militants on late Monday evening barged into the house of Muhammad Rafiq Rather and fired at him.

"He was shifted to the hospital in a critical condition. Searches were started in the area immediately after the incident," a police officer said.

--IANS

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