Srinagar, September 07: The Indian authorities in have imposed strict curfew and other restrictions in Srinagar and other cities and towns following the killing of 14 innocent civilians in police firing at Palhalan in Pattan and other parts of Kashmir, yesterday. The four civilians including two teenagers were martyred and over a dozen others injured when the personnel of Indian police opened indiscriminate firing on protesters at Butt Mohalla in Palhalan.
Veteran Kashmiri writer and freedom fighter, Hilal Ahmad War, who has been placed under house arrest in Srinagar by the occupation authorities, in a statement strongly denounced the civilian killings in Palhalan. He said that India could not suppress Kashmiris’ liberation struggle through such tactics. The veteran leader called for a complete shutdown, tomorrow, to protest against the killings and appealed the people to observe the day as Prisoners’ Day.
The APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl, Farida Bahenji and other pro-movement leaders and organisations in their separate statements termed the killing of four civilians in Pattan as the worst form of Indian state terrorism.
On the other hand, Indian troops, during their fresh siege and search operation, martyred 14 more innocent Kashmiri youth in Nowshera area of Gurez. Earlier, two troopers were killed in an attack in the same area. (Writer-South Asia)
Veteran Kashmiri writer and freedom fighter, Hilal Ahmad War, who has been placed under house arrest in Srinagar by the occupation authorities, in a statement strongly denounced the civilian killings in Palhalan. He said that India could not suppress Kashmiris’ liberation struggle through such tactics. The veteran leader called for a complete shutdown, tomorrow, to protest against the killings and appealed the people to observe the day as Prisoners’ Day.
The APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl, Farida Bahenji and other pro-movement leaders and organisations in their separate statements termed the killing of four civilians in Pattan as the worst form of Indian state terrorism.
On the other hand, Indian troops, during their fresh siege and search operation, martyred 14 more innocent Kashmiri youth in Nowshera area of Gurez. Earlier, two troopers were killed in an attack in the same area. (Writer-South Asia)
