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Bandipora: Militants abduct uncle, nephew at gunpoint; dead bodies found near local mosque in North Kashmir

This is the second incident when militants have killed a civilian on Friday night. Militants killed a 35-year-old man and critically injured his wife when they stormed their house at Harwan in apple rich town of Sopore on Friday evening.

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Militants unleashed a bloodbath for the second time in less than 12 hours when they killed uncle and nephew in the cold blood at Hajin in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday night.

Police said militants on Friday night barged into the houses of 45-year-old Ghulam Hassan Dar alias Hassan Rassa and Bashir Ahmad Dar, 26,  at Gulshan Mohalla, Shahgund Hajin and abducted both of them at gunpoint.

"At about 3:30 Am the terrorists shot both of them dead. Their bodies were found by the locals near a mosque at Raheem Dar Mohalla, Shahgund, Hajin. Ghulam Hassan was the uncle of Bashir Ahmed", said a police spokesman.

Police said the preliminary investigation suggests the involvement of outlawed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba in the incident.

This is the second incident when militants have killed a civilian on Friday night. Militants killed a 35-year-old man and critically injured his wife when they stormed their house at Harwan in apple rich town of Sopore on Friday evening.

The incident occurred when a group of heavily armed militants barged into the house of Mohammad Ashraf and fired indiscriminately on the inmates. Police said both Ashraf and his wife Saima were grievously injured in the incident.

They were rushed to the hospital where doctors declared Ashraf dead on arrival. "He received five bullets and was declared brought dead. His wife is critically injured in the incident", said Javaid Iqbal, Senior Superintendent Of Police, Sopore.

The incident occurred four days after suspected militants killed three civilians in cold blood in Baramulla.

On Monday militants surfaced near Khanpora market in Baramulla and fired indiscriminately on the three civilians killing them on the spot.

The slain have been identified as Asif Ahmad Sheikh, Haseeb Ahmad Khan and Mohammad Asgar of Kakar Hamam in Baramulla district.

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