Youth killed, several injured in security force action in Shopian
Srinagar, May 29 (UNI): A youth was killed while several others sustained injuries when security forces burst teargas shells and fired pellets to disperse demonstrators, who tried to disrupt a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Wednesday.
Official sources said immediately after security forces launched a CASO at village Pinjura in Shopian on Wednesday afternoon, scores of people, mostly youth, hit the streets in the nearby areas and tried to disrupt the operation.
However, security forces and state police personnel, already deployed to prevent demonstrations swung into action and chased them away.
The demonstrators later reassembled and pelted stones at security forces, who burst teargas shells and fired pellets to disperse the protestors.
“Over a dozen youth were injured during the clashes,” they said, adding the injured were taken to a local hospital. One of the injured identified as Sajad Ahmad Parray, a resident of Baderhama later succumbed to his injuries.
They said another youth identified as Mohammad Shafi Malik also received a bullet injury. A girl was hit by pellets on her face and another youth also received a bullet injury. The injured persons were later shifted to the district hospital for the treatment.
The operation was going on when the reports last came in, they added.
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