Baku-APA. Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a Kashmiri man and his 3-year-old son amid growing unrest and tensions across the Indian-administrated Kashmir, APA reports quoting Press TV.
Gunmen sprayed bullets at Bashir Ahmed Bhat, a 36-year-old former independence fighter, as he was carrying his son outside his home in the Sopore region of the disputed Himalayan valley late Friday.
Local sources said Bhat was killed on the spot, while his son died at hospital on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Syed Ali Geelani, a top pro-independence leader has demanded an independent probe into the incident. He has also asked people to hold a complete shutdown strike on Sunday in protest against the fatal attack.
Sopore and some other regions across the Muslim-majority region have seen a string of similar attacks in recent weeks.
On Monday, the bullet-riddled bodies of three local men bearing torture marks were found in the same region. The killings led to days of protest and clashes between local residents and Indian government forces.
Indian forces and pro-independence groups have blamed each other for the killings.
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