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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Indian troops in occupied Kashmir
have killed one more youth in Srinagar, raising the death toll in
the ongoing Kashmir Intifada to 104.
The youth, Momin Altaf Ganai of New Theed area of Srinagar,
went missing soon after clashes between protesters and Indian
forces’ personnel in Srinagar last evening, KMS reported.
Locals told mediamen that as soon as people learnt that
Momin Ganai, a 9th class student, had gone missing, they started
searches to locate him.
“His body was found from an orchard. He was hit by pellets
due to which he died of multiple head injuries,” they said, adding
that the forces fired pellets which hit Momin Ganai and he died on
spot.
With this killing, the death toll in the ongoing Kashmir
Intifada rose to 104. The Intifada was triggered by the
extrajudicial murder of top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan
Muzaffar Wani, by Indian troops on July 8, this year. Besides the
killing of 104 persons, over 12,500 people have been injured so
far due to the firing of pellets, bullets and teargas shells by
Indian police and troops on protesters during the mass uprising.
Defying curfew and other restrictions, hundreds of people
attended the funeral prayers of the martyred youth. They raised
high-pitched anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. Indian police and
troops used excessive force against the protesters leading to
massive clashes between the protesters and the forces’ personnel.
The clashes were going on till reports last came in.
Meanwhile, the puppet authorities continue to impose curfew
and other restrictions in all ten districts of the Kashmir Valley
on the 71st consecutive day, today, to stop people from holding
demonstrations and marches against the civilian killings.
The joint Hurriyet leadership comprising the All Parties
Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, and Hurriyet
leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has called
for Freedom March to Kupwara, Kulgam and Budgam, today, as part of
protest programmes against the killing spree unleashed by the
Indian police and troops in the Kashmir Valley.