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Civilian killed as protests erupt across Kashmir

Last Updated 27 May 2017, 12:10 IST
A civilian was killed and several others injured after being hit by bullets as clashes erupted near encounter site in Saimoh village of Tral township in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Two militants, including slain Hizb-ul-Muajhideen commander Burhan Wani’s successor Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, were killed in the encounter that lasted for several hours. Reports said massive clashes erupted in Saimoh and adjacent Rathsuna – native village of Bhat - as the news of his death spread in the area.

Witnesses said that security forces opened fire to disperse the protesters, resulting in injuries to at least four civilians. One of them, identified as Molvi Aqib Ahmad, who had received a bullet in his forehead succumbed at sub-district hospital Tral.

Police said he was killed during the “cross-firing.” Meanwhile, a spontaneous shutdown was witnessed across Kashmir valley against the killing of Sabzar. Reports from almost all the districts of the Valley said that shopkeepers lowered their shutters and public transport disappeared from the roads as soon the news about militant commander’s killing spread. Reports of students taking to streets in several areas of Kashmir were also received.

Fearing more trouble, authorities suspended mobile Internet services in the valley. A senior police official said the services were suspended to contain the spread of "rumours" over the Internet. The suspension came a day after the state government lifted a month-long ban on at least 22 social networking websites.

Reports said that the broadband services on the government-owned BSNL have also been affected by the ban in several areas of Kashmir.
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(Published 27 May 2017, 12:10 IST)

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