2 killed in clashes with security forces in Kashmir
August 14, 2017 08:52
One person was killed in south Kashmir's Shopian district during security forces' action on a mob of stone-pelters who were protesting after an encounter in which three terrorists were killed on Sunday, police said.
Mohammad Sayeed Bhat, 25, received bullet injuries when security forces used fire to chase away the mob near the encounter site at Avneera in Shopian last night, a police official said.
He said Bhat was taken to a hospital where he succumbed.
The official said 12 other persons were injured in the clashes.
On Sunday, one person was killed when security forces fired pellets to chase away a mob of stone-pelting youths in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.
Owais Shafi, 22, sustained multiple pellet injuries inhis chest at Kakapora in Pulwama and was referred to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar for treatment, a police official said.
He said Shafi was declared dead on arrival by doctors. -- PTI
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Mohammad Sayeed Bhat, 25, received bullet injuries when security forces used fire to chase away the mob near the encounter site at Avneera in Shopian last night, a police official said.
He said Bhat was taken to a hospital where he succumbed.
The official said 12 other persons were injured in the clashes.
On Sunday, one person was killed when security forces fired pellets to chase away a mob of stone-pelting youths in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.
Owais Shafi, 22, sustained multiple pellet injuries inhis chest at Kakapora in Pulwama and was referred to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar for treatment, a police official said.
He said Shafi was declared dead on arrival by doctors. -- PTI
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