J&K violence continues, 4 killed in Poonch

SRINAGAR: Militants killed five people, including four Hindus, in two separate incidents early on Thursday in continuing violence in Jammu and Kashmir. 

Four Hindus, were killed in Magnar village in the border district of Poonch, about 240 km north of Jammu, around 1.30 am, police said.  A woman and her daughter were also injured in the attack.

According to police, the militants descended on to the village and opened  fire.

Among the killed were two sisters Monika and Priyanaka. Their mother Sunita Sharma and five-year-old sister Kamini also received bullet injuries. Two brothers, Lokesh Kumar and Pankaj Kumar, living nearby were also killed. Priyanka was going to be married next month.

The village was guarded by a defence committee.  A CRPF picket was also nearby.

“We are investigating the case. We are trying to find how militants managed to force their entry into the village which has a heavy presence of security forces,”  said a police officer.

In another incident, militants slit the throat of a young woman, Sakina Bee, in Chendriyal village in the border district of Rajouri.

Police say the militants killed Sakina, 26, suspecting her to be working for the security forces.