One person was killed on Saturday in clashes between security personnel and protesters who attacked a police post in Kupwara as protests were held in some parts of the curfew-bound Valley where 39 persons have died and over 3,100 left injured in the violence since last week
Srinagar: One person was killed on Saturday in clashes between security personnel and protesters who attacked a police post in Kupwara as protests were held in some parts of the curfew-bound Valley where 39 persons have died and over 3,100 left injured in the violence since last week.
Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard during a curfew in Srinagar on Saturday. Pic/AFP
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A mob attacked a police post at Hatmulla in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district yesterday afternoon following which the security personnel retaliated. One person was killed and two injured in the incident, a police official said.
With this the death toll in the violence that followed the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani has mounted to 39 while 3,140 persons including 1,500 security personnel have been injured. Minor protests were reported from some parts of the Valley but the miscreants were chased away by security personnel who resorted to baton charge, the official said.
“The situation across Kashmir Valley yesterday remained relatively peaceful. No major incident was reported from anywhere in the Valley,” he said. Authorities prevented newspapers from hitting the stands on Saturday as some media houses claimed that police raided their printing presses last night and seized the material while cable TV services were also affected in most parts of the Valley.
The police official said curfew remained in force in all 10 districts of the Valley as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.
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