An unidentified gunman killed nine people including seven Nepali labourers in the Indian city of Kashmir on Monday.

According to Indian news reports, the deceased labourers were working in a brick kiln at Budroo village in Kulgam, about 75 km from Srinagar.

“They segregated the Kashmiri labourers, lined up the non-Kashmiri labourers and fired at them from point blank range. While six died on the spot, three succumbed in hospital, the Hindu quoted an official as saying.