News - Middle East - India: Indian paramilitaries have shot dead another civilian in Kashmir following a string of suspected militant attacks and targeted killings in the disputed Himalayan region.

Police said the man was hit in "crossfire" during "militant action" near a police paramilitary camp in the village of Zainapora and that the incident was being investigated.

The victim, a milk seller in the southern Kashmir Valley, had been fatally shot without provocation.

The killing brought the number of the fatalities to a dozen this month as attacks by security forces or militant increase in the Muslim-majority region, claiming more civilian lives.

Dozens of people, including several civilians, have reportedly been gunned down over the past few weeks during a fresh surge in violence and a government crackdown in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The latest incidence of violence comes as the authorities tightened security across the disputed Himalayan region for a visit by a top Indian minister. Amit Shah, India's home minister and effective deputy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been in the Muslim-majority region since Saturday.

His visit follows a series of targeted killings by militants, with minority Hindus and Sikhs as well as migrant workers from elsewhere in India being the main targets.

Sandbag bunkers have been erected across Kashmir's main city of Srinagar and snipers positioned on rooftops around the building where Shah is staying.