(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The militants targeted two village council heads in separate attacks late on monday in pulwana district south of the main city of srinagar a senior police officer said.
militants killed two local officials and another man in indian administered kashmir before issuing a warning to kashmiris against voting this week in the country’s mammoth election police and residents said on tuesday.
the militants targeted two village council heads in separate attacks late on monday in pulwana district south of the main city of srinagar a senior police officer said.
“three people including two village heads were killed by local militants active in the area and the attack is aimed to keep the voters away from polling” inspector general of police ag mir said.
“the attackers belong to the local militant organisation they were two in number and we have identified them” mir told afp.
police were hunting for the attackers who entered the home of one village head and shot him dead in tral area of pulwana district. they killed another senior village official and his 24-year-old son about an hour later in the same area.
separatists have called for a boycott of the general election which ends next month.
posters warning residents of punishment if they went to the polls appeared early on tuesday morning in the tral area where the attacks happened according to residents who have seen them.
the kashmir constituency which includes pulwana district votes on thursday.
“be warned voting for tyrants will entail punishment” the posters say.
a local resident who did not want to give his name told afp that “about four armed rebels appeared sunday in the main bazaar of tral threatening people to dissociate themselves from those fighting (in) the elections.”
at least a dozen council members have been killed by suspected militants since elections were held in 2010 for the region’s “panchayat” or village councils.
village heads have demanded the government provide security for the more than 30000 local council members in the wake of monday night’s attacks.
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