Srinagar / AGENCIES
For the third time in 10 days in south Kashmir’s militancy-hit Shopian district militants killed two non-Kashmiri truck drivers, who had gone to ferry loads of apples, officials said.
“It’s an unfortunate incident. The truck drivers had ventured into interior areas without informing the security forces,” a senior official said.
The official said bodies of two drivers had been recovered while another injured was being evacuated to hospital in Srinagar.
Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said in the evening, terrorists fired at trucks near Chittargam in Shopian and injured three drivers.
The terrorists stopped the three trucks bearing registration number of Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab and started indiscriminate firing at the drivers who made an unsuccessful attempt to flee the area. The terrorists also torched two of the trucks.
One of the dead has been identified as Mohmmed Illiyas, a resident of Alwar in Rajasthan, while the injured has been identified as Jeevan from Hoshiarpur in Punjab. The identity of the other deceased is being ascertained.