Politician among four killed in IOK

Four people, including a politician, died in the latest violence in Indian occupied Kashmir ahead of the final round of India's mammoth national elections, police said on Friday.
Suspected Mujahideen overnight shot Jameel Ahmed, a youth leader of India's main opposition Congress Party and he "died in hospital on Friday morning," a police official told AFP.
Ahmed was attacked in southern Doda district, part of Udhampur-Doda that votes May 10 with the Ladakh constituency in the last leg of the staggered Indian polls.
Four of the six Indian occupied Kashmir constituencies have already voted since polling began on April 20. Results of the national elections will be known on May 13.
Alleged Mujahideen have threatened Kashmiris with "unspecified consequences" if they take part in the polls, saying the vote will not resolve the future of the Himalayan territory, where a revolt against Indian rule was launched in 1989.
Kashmir is held in part by India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both.
In other violence on Friday, police said alleged Mujahideen shot dead a Muslim and his brother-in-law after abducting them in northern Sopore town. Police said the motive was unknown and no group had claimed responsibility.
Police also recovered the bullet-ridden body of a Hizbul party member in central Budgam district and said they were seeking to determine who killed him.
Two girls and a women were also wounded on Friday when alleged Mujahideen aimed a grenade at the house of Congress leader Mohammed Shafi Bandey in Shopian town, south of the summer capital Srinagar, but hit a neighbour's house instead.
The latest violence followed Thursday's police killing of Abdul Rashid, the chief commander of frontline group Hizbul Mujahedin's chief commander, in occupied Srinagar.
Rashid's relatives and Hizbul disputed a police account that he died in a gunfight, saying police arrested him and shot him dead while in custody.
Some 5,000 people joined Rashid's funeral, shouting "We want freedom" and "Allah is great," witnesses said.
Top Kashmiri leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Yasin Malik and Shabir Shah attended the funeral and pledged to press ahead with the just struggle.
At least 40,000 people have died since 1989 in the insurgency, according to official figures. Alleged Mujahideen put the toll between 80,000 and 100,000.