Srinagar: A civilian has been killed during clashes with government forces in Pinjoora village of Shopian district as a gunfight rages in the village.
Sources said that a civilian identified as Sajad Ahmad Parray, a resident of Baderhama received a bullet injury during violent clashes and succumbed to injuries on the way to a local hospital.
The gunfight ensued after government forces laid a siege to the village.
An official said that acting on inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of forces including 44 RR launched search operation in the area.
On intensifying search operation towards the suspected spot, hiding militants fired upon forces triggering a gunfight.
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