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J&K: Unidentified men open fire in Sopore, 1 killed, 3 injured

| | May 25, 2015, at 06:57 pm
Srinagar, May 25 (IBNS): One person died while two others were injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a BSNL showroom in Kashmir's Sopore district on Monday.
According to reports, militants raided the showroom of the BSNL (sim seller franchise) in Sopore town and asked to stop the network after militants found "hitech communication device” missing from the tower since last month.
 
Eyewitness told IBNS that after heated arguments gunmen opened fire indiscriminately on employees leaves three persons injured.
 
Later one employee Mohammad Rafiq Bhat (26) succumbed to his injuries at Srinagar Hospital.
 
Earlier, militants issued threats to all cellular companies to wind up their operations and to close down mobile towers. 
 
On Sunday, a grenade was lobbed at the mobile tower of a telephone company.
 
Posters threatening telecom companies surfaced after staff of a telecom company removed a high frequency transmitter operated by militants from one of their towers in Sopore.


(Reported by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
 
#J&K # Unidentified men open fire # Sopore # 1 killed # 3 injured # BSNL office # Srinagar

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