Thousands attend funeral procession of Sopore slain militant
(Bilal Ahmad)
Sopore, March 23 : Thousands of people on Saturday late evening attended the funeral prayers of slain Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant in north Kashmir’s Sopore village.
Two militants were killed at Warpora area of Sopore on Saturday in a three day long gunfight with Government forces, one among them was identified as Tahir Ahmad war alias tahir Moulvi resident of Warpora sopore.
DIG North Kashmir range Sulieman Choudary earlier said that the bodies of both the militants were recovered from the encounter site on Saturday afternoon and one of them has identified as Tahir Ahmad War alias Tahir Molvi of Warpora.
Reports said thousands of people assembled in the native village of the slain to attend his funeral prayers.
Eye-witnesses said that a large number of mourners including women shouting pro-freedom, pro-Islam and anti-India slogans carried the body of Tahir to martyrs graveyard for burial.
While as his non local associate killed during the encounter was buried at Sheeri Baramulla.
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