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Shopian, Sep 28: Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot a youth in Nidoora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, leaving him seriously wounded.

A police officer said that the suspected militants fired upon Subzar Ahmad Naiko, son of Abdul Rashid Naikoo this evening.

Subzar, who is working in RDD department, suffered serious bullet wounds in his abdomen and thigh and was shifted to a nearby district hospital for treatment.

However, the injured youth was shifted to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital for advanced treatment.

Soon after the incident, the officer said that forces launched a hunt to nab the attackers—(KNO)