Srinagar: A 12-year-old girl was on Thursday mowed down allegedly by an Army vehicle in south Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

"Aroofa Farooq, a resident of the Aglar Zainapora area of the district, was hit and injured by an Army vehicle near her residence this morning," a police official said.

He said Aroofa was taken to the sub-district hospital, Zainapora, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Further details are awaited.