3 BJP workers shot dead in Jammu & Kashmir; Resistance Front claims responsibility

3 BJP workers shot dead in Jammu & Kashmir; Resistance Front claims responsibility
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Fida Hussain, Umer Hajam and Umer Rashid Beigh were shot by militants in Y K Pora area of Kulgam district late on Thursday evening, a police official said.

Srinagar: Three BJP workers were shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Thursday, police said.

The Resistance Front (TRF), believed to be a shadow group of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the killings.

Fida Hussain, Umer Hajam and Umer Rashid Beigh were shot by militants in Y K Pora area on Thursday evening, an official said.

The trio was rushed to a local hospital at Qazigund, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.

In a message on its social media account, the TRF said "crematoriums will get overbooked".

Since June, militants have stepped up attacks on BJP workers and leaders in the union territory, killing eight so far.

In a similar attack in Bandipora in July, a BJP leader, his father and brother were killed by the ultras.

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