Srinagar/June,25: Thousands of people on Monday attended the funeral prayers of Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Shakoor Ahmad Dar in his ancestral Sopat-Tangpora village in Devsar area in Anantnag district in South Kashmir.
Reports said that around back to back six rounds of funeral prayers were held from 8 am to 11: 30 am for the slain militant commander at a big ground in the village that has the attending capacity of thirty thousand people at a time.
They said that at least three militants surfaced during the funeral and offered a gun-salute to their fallen associate. Dar was killed along with an associate during a gunfight with the government forces in Qaimoh area of adjoining Kulgam district. His third associate was captured alive. A civilian was also killed during the clashes that erupted near the site of the gunfight.
