Five killed in Kashmir violence

SRINAGAR: Militants killed four people, including a pro-India political worker in Held Kashmir, while Indian troops shot dead a militant, police said Friday.

Maqbool Jan, a worker of pro-India political group Awami League, was shot dead by suspected militants in the town of Bandipora in north Kashmir Friday, a police spokesman said. Jan was close to Usman Majeed, a militant-turned-lawmaker from the area. Militants overnight shot dead a retired police inspector in the village of Kawachak in northern Baramulla district, of which Bandipora is an important town. —AFP

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