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| 2010-06-29 |
| SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Two teenagers were killed and around 20 people injured on Monday when troops in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) fired to disperse thousands of anti-India protesters across the disputed Himalayan region, police said. Thousands of people thronged the streets, clashing with Indian-occupied forces and blocking the Srinagar-Muzzaffarabad Highway on Monday. IHK Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also criticised the Indian security forces for resorting to indiscriminate firing, and called upon Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram to control the forces. According to the authorities, all schools and colleges had been closed for two days. The last 24 hours have seen the deaths of three youth in IHK. On Monday, nine-year-old Tauqir Ahmed was allegedly killed after Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel opened indiscriminate firing on protesters in Baramulla. Earlier, 20-year-old Tajamul was killed in Sopore following clashes between protesters and the security forces. On Sunday, Bilal Ahmed Wani, 20, was gunned down after the CRPF personnel used rubber bullets to disperse protesters. IHK Law Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar also condemned the indiscriminate firing by the CRPF personnel and termed it “totally unwarranted'. Separately, CRPF Director General Vikram Srivastava denied reports of any firing on protesters. “No ammunition has been fired by the CRPF at the funeral procession,' he said. Also on Monday, head of his own faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Gilani called for a shutdown until Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Steve White |