At least six migrant workers and a doctor were shot dead in Indian-administered Kashmir when militants launched an attack near a construction site. It comes days after a new government was formed in the region.
The militants opened fire at a camp that housed employees of a private construction company building an all-weather tunnel near Sonmarg, in the Ladakh region, near the borders with China and Pakistan. The doctor has been identified as Shahnawaz Dar. “At least two armed militants barged into the mess of the private construction company and fired at workers who were dining at the time of the attack,” a senior police officer told Reuters. Five employees were injured, officials said.
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