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Highlights
- Terrorists shot at two labourers in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam
- One labourer succumbed to injuries, another is being treated at a hospital
- The attack comes hours after a banker in Jammu and Kashmir was shot dead
J&K news: At least one labourer has died, another injured after being shot at by terrorists in Magraypora village and Chadoora area of Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to reports, one of them received a bullet injury in hand while another one was hit on the shoulder.
Both were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment where one of them sucumbed to injuries, Kashmir Zone Police said.
"The duo had received critical gunshot injuries and were immediately shifted to hospital for the treatment of their injuries. However, one of the injured Dilkhush has succumbed to his injuries whereas the condition of other injured is stated to be stable," J&K Police said.
The area has been cordoned off while efforts are on to nab the attackers.
The attack comes just hours after a 29-year-old bank manager hailing from Rajasthan was shot dead by a terrorist of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba inside his office premises in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. This was the 8th targeted killing in the Valley since May 1 and the third of a non-Muslim government employee.
Vijay Kumar, posted with the Ellaqui Dehati Bank (EDB), sponsored by State Bank of India, at Arreh Mohanpora branch in the district, received grievous gunshot injuries and died on his way to hospital, officials said.
The CCTV footage showed the killer entering the premises first probably to verify whether the victim had come to the office, and within seconds returns with a pistol and fires at Kumar.
While one bullet hit the wall, the second hit Kumar leaving him seriously injured, the officials said, adding he succumbed to injuries on way to a hospital.
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