Youth injured in militant attack dies

SRINAGAR :  A youth, injured in a militant attack in Kashmir’s Sopore town, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in the wee hours here today, police said.
Shabir Ahmad Naikoo, a dentist by profession, died in SMHS hospital, they said.
On Friday night, Naikoo was injured in a militant attack allegedly orchestrated by a rival of his family with whom they had a land dispute, police said.
His uncle Nazir Ahmad Naikoo was killed in the attack.
Three persons had been arrested in connection with the attack so far. (AGENCIES)