Abducted dental surgeon killed, 3 boys wounded in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 8 (UNI) Unidentified gunmen killed a dental surgeon while three children were wounded in a blast in the Kashmir valley overnight, official sources said today.

They said some unidentified gunmen abducted Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, a dental surgeon, at Langate while on way to his home at Zachaldara in Handwara area of Kupwara district last evening.

Police today recovered his bullet-ridden body from Nowpora in Sopore area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir.

Police have launched a massive hunt to nab the culprits.

Meanwhile, three children were wounded in a blast in Kupwara district, the sources said.

Further details were awaited.

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