Two truck drivers shot dead by terrorists in J&K’s Shopian

TIL Desk/National/Srinagar/ Terrorists Thursday struck for the third time in 10 days in south Kashmir’s militancy-hit Shopian district killing two non-Kashmiri truck drivers, who had gone to ferry loads of apples, officials said. “It’s an unfortunate incident. The truck drivers had ventured into interior areas without informing the security forces,” a senior official said.

The official said that bodies of two drivers had been recovered while another injured was being evacuated to hospital in Srinagar. Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said in the evening, terrorists fired at trucks near Chittargam in Shopian and injured three drivers.

The terrorists stopped the three trucks bearing registration number of Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab and started indiscriminate firing at the drivers who made an unsuccessful attempt to flee the area. The terrorists also torched two of the trucks.