Assailants fatally shoot Hindu man in Kashmir

Assailants on Saturday fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man in violence police blamed on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region.
Police said militants fired at Puran Krishan Bhat, who is from the minority community of Kashmiri Hindus, at his home in southern Shopian district. He was taken to a hospital where he died, police said in a statement.
Police and soldiers cordoned off the area and launched a search for the attackers.
In August, a local Hindu man was killed and his brother injured in Shopian in a shooting that police also blamed on insurgents.
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety.
Rebels in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir have been fighting New Delhi’s rule since 1989. Most Muslim Kashmiris support the rebel goal of uniting the territory, either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country.