Indian soldiers kill Kashmiri teen protester, injure two others
At least one young protester has been killed and two others injured when Indian forces opened fire to disperse a group of people demonstrating in the disputed Indian-administered Kashmir region.
On Saturday, scores of people staged a rally in Narbal district on the outskirts of Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar to express their resentment over the detention of pro-independence leader Masarat Alam and the killing of a youth at the hands of Indian troopers.
Locals say the demonstration was largely peaceful until Indian forces stormed the demonstrators and fired shots to break up the rally. The protesters pelted stones at Indian soldiers in return.
A 17-year-old Kashmiri student, identified as Suhail Ahmad Sofi, lost his life, while two others sustained gunshot wounds.
The development comes a day after Alam was arrested on charges of disseminating “provocative and seditious” slogans.
The pro-independence leader’s arrest led to a protest in Srinagar, where participants, led by Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, burnt the national Indian flag and hurled stones at the police and paramilitary forces. At least 24 people were injured.
Farooq held the Indian army responsible for the killing of a youth in Tral town earlier in the week, and demanded an inquiry into the incident. "There is no arrest, no first information report. The government has to put an end to state terrorism," he said.
Kashmir has been the scene of violent clashes in recent years. Indian troops are in constant clashes with the fighters seeking independence in the area.
Thousands of people have been killed in Kashmir unrest over the past two decades.
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