The civilian's death comes amid heightened tensions in the Muslim-majority region. FMTNews India Pakistan Kashmir Unrest
Kashmiri villagers cover their faces from tear gas smoke in Srinagar, Kashmir yesterday.
Mehrajuddin Peer Shah, 25, was driving his car when paramilitary soldiers shot him near a checkpoint in the outskirts of Srinagar, the disputed region’s main city. Witnesses told AFP the young man had come out of his car to answer questions from soldiers at the checkpoint, before he was shot as he got back into the vehicle.Civilians in Kashmir have been shot at checkpoints in the past, but this was the first incident in several months.
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