Thousands of people on Friday took part in the funeral prayers of a militant who died in a brief exchange of fire with forces in Kanthapora village late last night.
Mourners shouted pro-freedom slogans and pro-Islam slogans as they marched the body of the unidentified militant towards the graveyard in this frontier district of Kupwara.
The militant was laid to rest at the local graveyard in Kanthapora.