Sunday, August 1, 2010
Pampore : 5 civiliens killed 32 injured
By: Johan Simith
Pampore, 1 August : Five person was killed and 32 others, including 13 Indian troops, were injured in clashes between protestors and Indian forces which opened fire in Pampore area in the outskirts of the city on Sunday.
Also, protesters set the Tehsil office and Tehsildar's house on fire in Pampore. Indian National Flag burn by protesters & waving Go India Go Back Flag.
Earlier in the day, clashes broke out in Baramulla between the people and the security forces.
People defied the curfew in north Kashmir town and Pampore and took to the streets. They also allegedly clashed with the security forces. Around 12000 people have blocked the NHA1 at Galander on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
The number of people who have lost their lives in violence since Friday has gone up to seven after one person was killed in clashes between protestors and security forces which opened fire in Pampore area in the outskirts of the city early in the day.
Curfew remained clamped in violence-hit Kashmir Valley as Indian forces maintained a close vigil on the situation, which continued to be tense.
Curfew was imposed in nine districts of the Valley - Anantnag, Srinagar, Baramulla, Kulgam, Budgam, Bandipora, Pampore, Awantipora, Khrewa, Sombora Ganaderbal, Shopian and Pulwama - while prohibitory orders are in place in Kupwara district.
1000 of Groups of protesters took to the streets and tried to block the Srinagar-Jammu Highway when security personnel intervened, police said.
Indian Security personnel then opened fire in which three persons were injured, they said, adding one of them succumbed to his injuries.
5 civilians were killed and 32 people, including 30 policemen, injured yesterday in clashes between protesters and security forces. With today's death, the number of people killed in violence since Friday has gone up to seven.
Also, protesters set the Tehsil office and Tehsildar's house on fire in Pampore. Indian National Flag burn by protesters & waving Go India Go Back Flag.
Earlier in the day, clashes broke out in Baramulla between the people and the security forces.
People defied the curfew in north Kashmir town and Pampore and took to the streets. They also allegedly clashed with the security forces. Around 12000 people have blocked the NHA1 at Galander on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
The number of people who have lost their lives in violence since Friday has gone up to seven after one person was killed in clashes between protestors and security forces which opened fire in Pampore area in the outskirts of the city early in the day.
Curfew remained clamped in violence-hit Kashmir Valley as Indian forces maintained a close vigil on the situation, which continued to be tense.
Curfew was imposed in nine districts of the Valley - Anantnag, Srinagar, Baramulla, Kulgam, Budgam, Bandipora, Pampore, Awantipora, Khrewa, Sombora Ganaderbal, Shopian and Pulwama - while prohibitory orders are in place in Kupwara district.
1000 of Groups of protesters took to the streets and tried to block the Srinagar-Jammu Highway when security personnel intervened, police said.
Indian Security personnel then opened fire in which three persons were injured, they said, adding one of them succumbed to his injuries.
5 civilians were killed and 32 people, including 30 policemen, injured yesterday in clashes between protesters and security forces. With today's death, the number of people killed in violence since Friday has gone up to seven.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Three civilians killed in troops firing in Sopore, Pattan
Srinagar,
July 31, 2010: Indian paramilitary forces opened fire to quell
protesters, leaving at least three persons dead and 50 others injured.
Several on them received bullet and tear-gas shelling injuries.
Police say paramilitary soldiers have fired on thousands of demonstrators in Kashmir, killing three men and injuring at least 50 others, as protests against Indian rule spread across the region.
Authorities imposed strict restrictions on the movement of people to
protest against the killing of youths in firing by police and
paramilitary forces since June 11 this year in Srinagar, Sopore,
Baramulla, Islamabad areas.
Two people were killed when opened fire on a mob at Aramgarh village
of Sopore, in Baramulla district this afternoon. Shoukat Ahmad Chopan
and Mohammad Ahsan Ganai were killed and a dozen others injured when
Indian CRPF paramilitary forces opened fire on a mob in Sopore. Chopan
and Ganai succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.
Doctors at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in Srinagar
said two youth, Ahsem Ganai and Showkat Chopan, were brought dead. Out of 50 injured in clashes, 10 suffered bullet injuries and were
undergoing treatment in different hospitals. The condition of two of
them is stated to be "critical", officials said.
India paramilitary forces used brute force and stopped people who
took to streets shortly after Friday prayers and were heading towards
Sopore town. However, the protesters denied IIndian armed personnel in
uniform opened fire, resulting in injuries to seven persons who were
rushed to hospital.
A police officer, on condition of anonymity, said troops fired on
protesters chanting pro-freedom slogans in Pattan, Kreeri iand Sopore
towns. Two people were killed in Sopore and one died in Pattan, the
officer and a local doctor said.
According to reports, two youth were killed and a dozen persons
received bullet injuries when paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) and Railway Protection Force Personnel (RPF) opened fire on a
group of demonstrators at Amargarh in Sopore after Friday prayers.
Witnesses said the two men were shot when forces opened fire on a
demonstration in Sopore town, both died on the way to hospital. "Both
men had bullet wounds and were dead by the time they reached us," a
doctor in Srinagar's main hospital told Writer-South Asia.
Six people including a teenager identified as Iqbal Ahmad Khan was
critically injured in Chanapora area of Srinagar city, when CRPF
troopers opened fire on mob there on Friday morning. The 22-year-old
Iqbal Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Majid Khan who, among several others, was
injured in firing by paramilitary forces in Chanapora Friday morning
continues to be in a critical condition. Medical Superintendent (MS) of
the Soura Institute of Medical Sciences Dr Amin Taabish told media men
that Iqbal's condition was still "unstable and critical". He did not
elaborate further on his condition.
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