Woman killed by militants in J&K’s Pulwama

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Srinagar: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a woman and injured a minor boy on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police sources said.

Officials said militants carried out the attack. The woman’s husband was also killed by militants in 2017.

The woman identified as Nigeena was critically wounded in the shooting in Narbal village of Kakapora area.

“The woman was shifted to the hospital where she was declared dead on arrival by the doctors. A minor boy also sustained injuries in the attack. He is being treated,” the sources said.

Search was underway to nab the militants.

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