Six non-local labourers were shot dead by militants on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. All six were from West Bengal, police sources said.
Police sources said that the militants fired at the group of masons and labourers working in Kutrusa village of Kulgam, killing five of them on the spot. The sixth succumbed to his injuries while being taken to a hospital.
Terrorists gun down five innocents in Kashmir. Police found 5 Dead bodies in #Kulgam. Reportedly there were 15 innocents were killed by Terrorists in last 15 days in #Kashmir.
— Ravinder Singh Robin ਰਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ راویندرسنگھ روبن (@rsrobin1) October 29, 2019
The attack happened on a day a delegation of parliamentarians from the European Union is visiting Kashmir to talk to locals after the central government’s reading down Article 370 on August 5.
Since the Centre's decision on Article 370, militants have targeted truckers and labourers, mainly people from outside Kashmir. On Monday, a trucker from Udhampur district was killed by militants in Anantnag, police said. This was the fourth truck driver to be killed by militants since August 5.
On October 24, militants killed two non-Kashmiri truck drivers in Shopian district. On October 14, two militants, including a suspected Pakistani national, shot dead the driver of a truck having Rajasthan registration number and assaulted an orchard owner in Shopian district. The driver was identified as Sharief Khan.
Two days later, Punjab-based apple trader Charanjeet Singh was killed and Sanjeev injured when terrorists attacked them in Shopian district
#CCTV footage of Grenade Blast at the busy market of #Sopore on yesterday. Some suspects have been identified. pic.twitter.com/kTBTK0qx18
— Ravinder Singh Robin ਰਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ راویندرسنگھ روبن (@rsrobin1) October 29, 2019