Terrorist Who Killed Kashmiri Taxi Driver Shot Dead By Security Forces: Police.
Bandipora Encounter: The killings have sparked outrage in the already tense Kashmir Valley, with opposition leaders fiercely critical of the apparent inability of administrations to stop the attacks and locals living in fear.
Jammu and Kashmir police said today that they have killed a terrorist involved in the murder of a taxi driver in the Bandipore district. Four “associates” who were involved in the incident were arrested yesterday, they said.
Police said Lashkar terrorist Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar, who was on the run after he killed Mohammad Shafi Lone on October 5, was shot this morning during an anti-terrorist operation in the Hajin area of Bandipore.
Mohammad Shafi Lone, chairman of a taxi rank in Bandipora, was one of three civilians killed in three separate incidents in the Valley on October 5.
A chemist and a street food vendor were the other two victims; they all died within a period of time from an hour.
The killings have sparked outrage in the already tense Kashmir Valley, with opposition leaders fiercely critical of the administrations’ apparent inability to stop the attacks and locals living in fear.
Security forces have detained more than 700 people, believed to have ties to the banned Jamaat-e-Islami or suspected of being surface workers (OGW), and they come from Srinagar, Budgam or other areas in the southern Kashmir, to “break the chain of attacks in the (Kashmir) valley.”
Up to 28 civilians have been killed in acts of terrorist violence in Kashmir this year.
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