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Thousands Attend Funeral of Slain Militants, Militants Offer Gun Salute

November 23

Thousands of people on Friday reached Arwani and Pushwara Localities of Islamabad (Anantnag) district to participate in the funeral prayers of a local Lashkar e Taiba militants who were killed in an encounter with Government Forces in Bijbehara belt of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Locals told The Kashmiriyat that thousands of people defying the cold thronged the native of Azad Ahmed Malik in Arwani to attend the funeral of the slain Militant.

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Locals said that the body of Azad Malik was recovered from the encounter site in Satkipura of Bijbehera on Friday morning.

A group of militants appeared in the funeral and fired aerial shots to pay homage to the slain militant, a local said.

Thousands of people also reached Pushwara to offer the funeral of slain militant Basit Ahmed Mir, eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat.

Meanwhile, a complete shutdown is being observed in Islamabad (Anantnag) District to mourn the killing of six Militants.