Militants kill 7, including 6 migrant workers, in India’s Kashmir

(Reuters) – At least 6 migrant workers and a doctor were shot dead in India’s Kashmir region on Sunday night, when militants opened fire near a tunnel construction site, officials said, days after a new government was formed in the territory.

An Opposition alliance took power in the region this month after winning the first polls in a decade, and the first since its special status was revoked and it was split into two federally administered territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

The victims of Sunday’s attack were involved in the construction of tunnels meant to provide all-weather connectivity to the militarily strategic Ladakh region, which shares a border with China and Pakistan.

“At least two armed militants barged into the mess of the private construction company and fired at workers who were dining,” said a senior police officer who did not want to be named.

6 workers and a doctor working for the company were killed and 5 other people were injured in the attack, he said.

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