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Troops killed two elderly civilians in Uri

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): Indian troops killed two elderly
civilians along the Line of Control in Uri area of Kupwara
district in occupied Kashmir after dubbing them as ‘Mujahideen’,
media reports said.
Kashmir Media Service reported that gravediggers and locals
while belying the Indian army’s claim told media persons that the slain
men were civilians, who were well into their eighties. The
gravediggers were forced to quietly bury the deceased in the
darkness of night.
The member of so-called Kashmir Assembly, Engineer Rasheed
in a statement asked police to reveal the identity of the elderly
men killed in Uri area by the troops.
He said “Not only the killed were much elderly aged persons
but burying them in the darkness of the night has given rise to
some vital questions which need to be answered”.