<p>Amid shutdown and restrictions, a youth was killed after being hit by a teargas shell fired by forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district during protests on Wednesday. The incident takes the death toll to four in less than 24 hours.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Witnesses said that Jahangir Ahmad Wani, son of Ghulam Din, resident of Drugmulla, Kupwara, died after being hit by a shell in the head.<br /><br />Kupwara district and parts of the Valley have witnessed a number of clashes since Tuesday afternoon over the molestation bid and killing of two youths and a woman in army firing on Tuesday.<br /><br />On Tuesday, the Army shot dead Muhammad Iqbal and Nayeem Bhat, while several others were injured in north Kashmir’s Handwara town after protests erupted over “molestation” of a schoolgirl by a soldier there. A woman Raja Begum, 54, who was injured in the clash succumbed to her injuries at SKIMS hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday morning.<br /><br />The killings set off violent protests prompting authorities to impose curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar, Handwara and other volatiles areas of north Kashmir on Wednesday to thwart any protest demonstrations against the killings.<br />The call for shutdown was issued by both factions of Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).<br /><br />In old city Srinagar, hundreds of police and paramilitary CRPF personnel were deployed in strength to prevent people from staging protests. Normal life came to a halt in uptown areas of the city.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Amid shutdown and restrictions, a youth was killed after being hit by a teargas shell fired by forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district during protests on Wednesday. The incident takes the death toll to four in less than 24 hours.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Witnesses said that Jahangir Ahmad Wani, son of Ghulam Din, resident of Drugmulla, Kupwara, died after being hit by a shell in the head.<br /><br />Kupwara district and parts of the Valley have witnessed a number of clashes since Tuesday afternoon over the molestation bid and killing of two youths and a woman in army firing on Tuesday.<br /><br />On Tuesday, the Army shot dead Muhammad Iqbal and Nayeem Bhat, while several others were injured in north Kashmir’s Handwara town after protests erupted over “molestation” of a schoolgirl by a soldier there. A woman Raja Begum, 54, who was injured in the clash succumbed to her injuries at SKIMS hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday morning.<br /><br />The killings set off violent protests prompting authorities to impose curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar, Handwara and other volatiles areas of north Kashmir on Wednesday to thwart any protest demonstrations against the killings.<br />The call for shutdown was issued by both factions of Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).<br /><br />In old city Srinagar, hundreds of police and paramilitary CRPF personnel were deployed in strength to prevent people from staging protests. Normal life came to a halt in uptown areas of the city.<br /><br /></p>
