Six Labourers From West Bengal Shot Dead In J&K’s Kulgam

The attack came as a delegation of Members of the European Parliament arrived in Srinagar to see the ground situation, amid sporadic incidents of violence and a shutdown.

At least six non-local laborers were killed and another one seriously injured in a sudden attack by militants on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. All the killed were from West Bengal’s Murshidabad, police sources said.

While the Kashmir Police’s Twitter handle said five laborers were killed, police sources said that the toll was six.

Police sources said that the militants came to Katrasoo village of Kulgam, took out the masons and carpenters from outside the state working there and opened fire at them, killing five of them on the spot. The sixth succumbed to his injuries while being taken to a hospital.

Five of those killed were identified as Sheikh Kamrudin, Sheikh M. Rafiq, Sheikh Murnsulin, Sheikh Nizam ud Din and Mohd Rafiq Sheikh. The injured laborer was Zahoor ud Din.

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