Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday called for a total shutdown in the state after the horrific killing of a three-year-old along with his father in Sopore area of Friday.
Burhan was gunned down along with his father after unidentified gunmen struck at their residence.
Bashir Ahmed Bhat, who had quit militancy after serving a prison term, was attacked when he was playing with his son near his residence at Sagipora at around 7.50 PM on Friday, official sources had said.
The terrorists, suspected to be of either Hizbul Mujahideen or its breakaway faction Laskhar-e-Islam, first lobbed a hand grenade, which failed to explode.
Sensing trouble, Bhat tried to escape with his son but the terrorists opened fired with their automatic guns injuring him and his child, they said.
Both were rushed to hospital but Bhat succumbed to his injuries on way while the child succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning.
(With additional information from PTI)
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