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500 pellet victims below 20, mostly students

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP): Around 500 pellet victims, in occupied Kashmir, are aged below 20 and most of them are students who are still recuperating. According To Kashmir Media Service, Of 1,065 pellet victims admitted at general specialty SMHS hospital, and Soura Medical College Hospital with injuries to globe of eye, 523 are below 20 years in age. The figures further reveal that 101 victims are under 15years in age with youngest pellet-hit person a girl child aged 4.