Civilian shot dead in Kashmir's Kupwara

A civilian was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

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They said gunmen suspected to be militants fired at Ghulam Rasool Magray, 45, inside his residence at Kandi Khas late on Saturday, wounding him critically.

“Magray was immediately rushed to a medical facility, from where he was shifted to a hospital in Srinagar, where he succumbed to his injuries,” officials said, adding a postmortem examination was subsequently conducted.

Following the attack, joint security forces launched a massive manhunt to trace the attackers.

J&K Police has registered a case and started the investigation of the case.