Two Kashmiri Pandits Killed In J&K's Shopian, Group Urges KPs To Leave Valley

Two Kashmiri Pandits Killed In J&K's Shopian, Group Asks KPs To Leave Valley

Two Kashmiri Pandits were killed in an orchard in Jammu & Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday in a suspected militant attack.

The duo has been identified as Sunil Kumar and his brother Pintu Kumar. Sunil died on spot, while Pintu succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.

"Terrorists fired upon civilians in an apple orchard in Chotipora area of Shopian," the J&K Police tweeted saying that the area had been cordoned off.

Meanwhile, the Kashmiri Pandits Sangharsh Samiti requested the members of the community to leave Valley in view of the attacks. #kashmiripandits leave the valley let BJP AND TRF ENJOY KASHMIR (sic)," the KPSS tweeted.

There has been a spike in targetted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local labourers in the past few months. A migrant worker from Bihar was shot dead in of Bandipora district last week, while another labourer from Bihar was killed and two others injured in a grenade attack in Pulwama on August 4.

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