J&K Shopian firing incident: Death toll rises to five
What's the story
The death toll in Sunday night's firing incident in Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to five after one more body was recovered from the scene on Monday. "Another body has been found at a distance from last evening's incident at Pahnoo Shopian," a police spokesman said. He said the deceased has been identified as Gowhar Ahmed Lone of Chitragam in Shopian.
The incident
Four persons, including a terrorist, killed
As per sources, Lone's body was recovered from a car. Four persons, including a terrorist, were killed in a firing incident Sunday night in Shopian after the ultras fired upon a joint check-point of the security forces. A police official said a joint MVCP (mobile vehicle check post) near Pohan in Shopian had signaled a car to stop, but it did not.
Details
Weapon found near terrorist's body
The official said that the Army men were fired upon to which they retaliated, in which a terrorist was killed. He said a weapon and a pouch were found near the terrorist's body. He added when police were called in, they found a car some distance away in which three boys were found dead who were over-ground workers and accomplices of the slain terrorist.