Occupied Kashmir: 5 more killed by firing of Indian police
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Occupied Kashmir: 5 more killed by firing of Indian police
At least four protesters were killed and over 20 injured in different incidents of police firing on unruly mobs in the Kashmir Valley in Tuesday. Another protester died in hospital, taking the days toll to 5.A few thousands breached curfew to reach Eidgah for a march called by Hurriyat leader Syed Geelani. They carried the body of one of the two young men killed in firing for burial. Witnesses said a police officer fired from a close range, hitting two persons. One of them, Anees Ahmad Ganai, died in hospital. He received a bullet in his chest. Another mob in Narwara clashed with the police and a boy named Miraj-ud-Din, injured in police firing, died on his way to the hospital. A clash in Zainakote, an industrial area in the city outskirts, saw protesters stone-pelting and police retaliating by firing. Of the two injured here, one is critical. Another youth, identified as Muhammad Jabbar, was killed in Frisal Yaripora village of Kulgam district when mobs attacked and torched a police post. Later, the irate mobs torched the homes of a local policeman and a special police officer (SPO) in the village.
