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12 more killed in firing by forces, Kashmir tense
Srinagar (PTI): Protests in the tense Kashmir region spread in escalating violence that left another 12 people dead in firing by security forces as authorities clamped curfew in all the ten districts in the Valley for the first time in 13 years.
Amid pro-freedom slogans, the body of senior Hurriyat Conference leader Shiekh Abdul Aziz, who was killed in police firing on Monday, was laid to rest at Eidgah graveyard here on Tuesday.
Defying curfew in force in Srinagar city since yesterday, thousands of people led by separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mohammad Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq attended the burial amid calls for maintaining peace.
The death toll in firing by security forces rose to 18 today. Six persons including Aziz were killed in Monday's firing during a march towards Muzaffarabad by thousands of protestors against the "economic blockade" in the Jammu region by the group spearheading the Amaarnath agitation.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the curfew to all the 10 districts in the Kashmir valley as tension prevailed following the death of Aziz and angry protests continued for the second day today after curfew was defied at several places. Yesterday, curfew was clamped only in Srinagar district and along a 40-km stretch from Sheeri to Uri town in Baramulla district.
Giving details of Tuesday's incidents in the Valley, official sources said Army opened fire at Aribal in Bandipora killing three persons and injuring eight others.
Defence spokesman Lt. Col. Mathur said the Army fired in self-defence as the protesters tried to storm their camp. "The protesters had run over the police party there and broke open the gate of the camp, forcing the jawans to open fire in self-defence," he said.
The Lasjan incident occured after the service weapon of a personal security guard of PDP leader Javid Mustafa Mir went off 'accidentally' injuring seven police personnel including IPS officer Mahesh Kumar, official sources said.
Kumar, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Saddar area), was hit by a bullet in the leg and has been admitted in hospital along with the other injured policemen. Three persons including a 70-year-old woman were killed in the police firing after the incident involving Mir's security guard.
Two persons succumbed to injuries sustained in Monday's police firing which had already claimed the lives of four persons including Aziz.
A youth was killed and 20 others injured when police opened fire on protestors in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag district, the sources said, adding the deceased has been identified as Mohammad Saleem Shah.
Two persons including a cameraman of a local cable tv channel were killed when CRPF troops opened fire on protestors in Bagh-e-Mehtab area of Srinagar. The victims were identified as Mohammad Imran and cameraman Javed Ahmad Mir.
The Hindu News Update Service
Srinagar (PTI): Protests in the tense Kashmir region spread in escalating violence that left another 12 people dead in firing by security forces as authorities clamped curfew in all the ten districts in the Valley for the first time in 13 years.
Amid pro-freedom slogans, the body of senior Hurriyat Conference leader Shiekh Abdul Aziz, who was killed in police firing on Monday, was laid to rest at Eidgah graveyard here on Tuesday.
Defying curfew in force in Srinagar city since yesterday, thousands of people led by separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mohammad Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq attended the burial amid calls for maintaining peace.
The death toll in firing by security forces rose to 18 today. Six persons including Aziz were killed in Monday's firing during a march towards Muzaffarabad by thousands of protestors against the "economic blockade" in the Jammu region by the group spearheading the Amaarnath agitation.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the curfew to all the 10 districts in the Kashmir valley as tension prevailed following the death of Aziz and angry protests continued for the second day today after curfew was defied at several places. Yesterday, curfew was clamped only in Srinagar district and along a 40-km stretch from Sheeri to Uri town in Baramulla district.
Giving details of Tuesday's incidents in the Valley, official sources said Army opened fire at Aribal in Bandipora killing three persons and injuring eight others.
Defence spokesman Lt. Col. Mathur said the Army fired in self-defence as the protesters tried to storm their camp. "The protesters had run over the police party there and broke open the gate of the camp, forcing the jawans to open fire in self-defence," he said.
The Lasjan incident occured after the service weapon of a personal security guard of PDP leader Javid Mustafa Mir went off 'accidentally' injuring seven police personnel including IPS officer Mahesh Kumar, official sources said.
Kumar, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Saddar area), was hit by a bullet in the leg and has been admitted in hospital along with the other injured policemen. Three persons including a 70-year-old woman were killed in the police firing after the incident involving Mir's security guard.
Two persons succumbed to injuries sustained in Monday's police firing which had already claimed the lives of four persons including Aziz.
A youth was killed and 20 others injured when police opened fire on protestors in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag district, the sources said, adding the deceased has been identified as Mohammad Saleem Shah.
Two persons including a cameraman of a local cable tv channel were killed when CRPF troops opened fire on protestors in Bagh-e-Mehtab area of Srinagar. The victims were identified as Mohammad Imran and cameraman Javed Ahmad Mir.
The Hindu News Update Service