Nissar Ahmad Bhat was killed and three others were injured when security forces allegedly opened fire after a mob pelted stones on them in North Kashmir.
One person was killed and 10 others were injured as security personnel used force at several places after irate mobs set ablaze a private school and a railway hut in Kashmir Valley today.
Nissar Ahmad Bhat was killed and three others were injured when security forces allegedly opened fire after a mob pelted stones on them at Ajas, 45 kms from here in Bandipora district in North Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
With Bhat's death, the toll in the 95-day unrest in the Valley rose to 72.
Three persons -- Nazir Ahmad Ganai, Amir Sofi and Ishfaq Hamid -- suffered bullet injuries when security forces allegedly opened fire to chase away a violent mob at Humhama near Srinagar Airport this afternoon, official sources said adding all of them were brought to SMHS hospital for treatment.
Before attacking the security forces with stones, the mob set ablaze railway hut and an abandoned house belonging to a
particular community in the area.
A police spokesman said three persons - Zahoor Ahmad, Muzaffar Ahmad and Bilal Ahmad Tantray - were injured when security forces lobbed teargas shells to disperse a violent mob outside Parimpora police station here.
Two more persons were injured when security forces opened fire to chase away stone-pelting mob at Khannabal, 55 kms from here in Anantnag district of South Kashmir, they said.
Bashir Ahmad Najar, a resident of Khaipora village of Tangmarg, was admitted in SKIMS hospital at Soura here with critical head injuries, the sources said.
hey said Najar had allegedly received a blow on his head while security forces were chasing an irate mob in his home town Tangmarg, 45 kms from here on Srinagar-Baramulla National
Highway.
Thousands of people came out on the road in Tangmarg in Baramulla district this morning and staged a massive protest,
raising anti-US and pro-Islamic slogans.
A section of the crowd broke away from the procession and ransacked a high school, run by a reputed minority education group, before setting it on fire.
The building suffered extensive damage as fire tenders could not reach the scene due to ongoing clashes between the police and the protestors, the sources said.
Police fired dozens of warning shots and burst teargas shells to restore order in the town, which also witnessed repeated attacks by mobs on government buildings including the office of Tehsildar, his residential quarter and social welfare office.
Stone-pelting incidents were also reported from several other places, including Sabzi Mandi in Soura and Shalimar areas of the city and Machow and Goga-Humhama in Budgam district and KP Road and Sangam in Anantnag district.
Police used batons, lobbed teargas shells and fired warning shots to disperse the protestors but there was no report of any casualty, they added.
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