Minor Survives Attack That Kills His Grandfather

Heartbreaking images of a 3-year-old boy sitting on the motionless body of his grandfather in Kashmir’s Sopore has emerged from an encounter site.

- Ashraf Wani & Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu 

The 60-year-old man was a civilian who was killed in the cross-firing on Wednesday morning in Kashmir when an encounter broke out between militants and security forces.

As the militants opened fire and security forces retaliated, the boy and his grandfather happened to be passing by the area. The man suffered two bullet injuries and died on the spot. The clueless child was then seen crying over his grandfather’s body covered in blood.