Srinagar, 29, June: Near about five hundred thousands of people are currently marching from Srinagar towards Sopore to express solidarity with the people killed in Sopore on a call given by the All parties Hurriyat Conference-APHC.
According to latest reports,more than five hundred thousands of Kashmiris left in a procession from Rajouri Kadal, Srinagar towards Sopore this morning. As the marchers moved on, thousands of other people people joined them on the way.
Chanting ant-India and pro-freedom slogans, the protesters were stopped by indian forces at Hokersar on the outskirts of Srinagar on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road commonly known as Shahrah-e-Aziz (Sheikh Aziz High Way). Latest reports suggest that despite firing of tear gas shells to break the march, the protesters continued marching towards Sopore.
In Sopore, thousands of people this morning took the body of Bilal Ahmed Wani in a procession, killed in Indian troops firing on Sunday. Latest reports suggest that security forces have opened fire in the air to break the marchers, who are raising anti-government and pro-freedom slogans. There are no reports of any casualties.
Meanwhile, authorities have put under house arrest several Hurriyat leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and other executive members of the amalgam, including Bilal Gani Lone, Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, Aga Syed Hassan Alsafvi Almosvi and Mirwaiz aide, Shahidul Islam, Hilal Ahmad War, Ahsan Untoo, Fahti Alam, Ajaz Hussian.
