Two members of family killed in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 4 (UNI) Two members of a family, including a woman, were killed and two others wounded when security forces opened fire due to mistaken identity late last night in the south Kashmir district of Anantnag.

Official sources said a security force patrol party noticed movement of some persons at midnight in a field at Ahlan adool village in Kokernag. When challenged, they tried to run away.

Security forces mistook them as militants and opened fire, resulting in on-the-spot death of two persons, including a woman.

The dead were identified as 25 year-old Misra and her 18- year- old brother Mohammad Ashraf Naikoo, children of Hashim Ali. Ali's son Abdul Karim and his wife Lateefa were injured, they said.

Thousands of people today took to streets at Kokernag in protest against the incident.

Demonstrators, demanding inquiry into the incident, alleged that security forces opened fire without any warning.

Shops and other business establishments remained closed and traffic was off the roads.

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