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1 dead, 4 hurt as ultras open fire near Dal Lake
Tribune News Service & PTI

Srinagar, November 15
One person was killed and four others were injured after some unidentified militants opened fire outside liquor shops here in the evening today, a police spokesman said. The victims were employees of licenced liquor shops inside a government-run hotel on the Boulevard Road in the Dal Lake area.

An employee - Mushtaq Ahmad of Aloochi Bagh - was killed in the firing by the militants, who simultaneously carried out the attack at two liquor shops in the area, the spokesman said.

Ahmad had apparently died due to blood loss after bullet injury as the owner of the shop had downed the shutter while fleeing.

The employee's death came to light two hours after the shooting as his relatives came looking for him, the spokesman said.

He said four persons were injured in the incident. They are Fayaz Ahmad Khanday of Aloochi Bagh, Mohammad Sharief Sheikh of Batamaloo (both in Srinagar) and Ravi Kumar and Sunny Mehra, both from Jammu region.

All the injured have been shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital for treatment. The militants fled from the spot after the incident. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.