In a separate shooting earlier Wednesday, suspected militants killed a migrant labourer in the southern Rohmo village of Pulwama district, police said. The two men's deaths came a day after suspected militants killed a truck driver carrying apples, also in Shopian which is the valley's biggest apple-growing district. All three killed were not from Kashmir, which has been split between India and Pakistan since 1947 and has been the spark of two wars and numerous skirmishes. Since August 5, protests have broken out, several civilians have died and security forces killed several militants in gun battles. An armed rebellion against Indian rule has raged in the valley since 1989, claiming tens of thousands of lives, mostly civilians.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 16, 2019 18:22 UTC