Tourist couple injured in militant shooting in India's Kashmir amid elections


FILE PHOTO: An Indian security force personnel stands guard on the banks of Dal Lake, one of Kashmir's main tourist attractions, in Srinagar, India July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - A tourist couple was injured in India's Kashmir after militants fired on them late on Saturday night, police said, ahead of voting scheduled in the volatile region for India's ongoing election.

The couple from the Indian city of Jaipur was evacuated to the hospital and the area where the attack took place was cordoned off, Kashmir police said on social media. The condition of the injured tourists is said to be stable, they said.

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