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Tral fruit seller shot at by unidentified gunmen succumbs

Srinagar: Unknown gunmen fired upon a fruit seller in Tral town in Pulwama district on Friday.

Reports said that the man, identified as Rafiq Ahmad Bhat aka Rafiq Dada, resident of Tral was fired upon in main chowk Tral-e-bala.

He was immediately rushed to sub-district hospital (SDH) Tral in critical condition where he succumbed.

Reports said that Rafiq was fired upon by unknown gunmen in 2015 at the same spot, an attempt at his life which he had survived.

Earlier this month of October 3, A shopkeeper was shot dead after unknown gunmen opened fire at him in Mattan area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Some unidentified gunmen opened fire on Ghulam Rasool Ganie at his shop.

Ganie, a former PDP sarpanch received bullet wounds and was immediately shifted to Mattan hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.

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