Srinagar: A class 11 student was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district today when Indian security forces reportedly opened fire on protesters. The count of recent civilian killed has risen to five as four persons were already killed in Indian security forces’ firing earlier this week.
Restrictions were imposed in Srinagar in wake of protests called by pro-freedom Kashmiri groups
As per media reports a police official said people from different villages gathered outside an army camp of 47 Rashtriya Rifles in Natnusa village on a highway after Friday prayers.
The authorities alleged that the people pelted stones on the camp “prompting” the army men to open fire.
Pro-freedom Kashmiri leaders had reportedly urged Kashmiris to protest after Friday prayers over the killing of four persons in the district in Indian security forces firing since Tuesday.