Terrorists kill 4 youth in Jammu

Two days after the serial blasts in Srinagar, four young people -- two boys and two girls -- were gunned down by terrorists in Magnar village in Poonch district late on Wednesday night.

A senior police officer said the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire in the village killing Lokesh Kumar (20), Pankaj Kumar (17), Priyanka Sharma (18) and Meenakshi Sharma (8).

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mother and sister of the two slain girls, who were seriously wounded in the shooting, have been taken to hospital.

Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone, Dr S P Vaid said the police have launched a massive hunt for the killers.

Tuesday's serial blasts in Srinagar killed nine people including seven Bengali tourists. Over 50 others were wounded in the grenade attacks.