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Hakim-ul-Rehman Sultani was shot in Sopore.[In file: Secured by forensic specialists of the German police blood is spread on the floor at the crime scene after a deadly knife attack on May 10, 2016 in Grafing, Bavaria]Johannes Simon/Getty Images

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a member of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area on Saturday, September 8.

The Kashmir police has said that the gunmen fired at Hakim-ul-Rehman Sultani from a close range outside his home at Reshipora Bomai area, following which he was rushed to a hospital, reported IANS.

"He was immediately shifted to a hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival," a police official said. Reports have said, Sultani, an Hurriyat activist was affiliated with the group headed by Syed Ali Geelani.

Sultani had been recently released from jail.