KNZ NEWS DESK
Four youth were injured after forces fired live ammunition, pellets and teargas at the protesters near the gunfight site.
Four youth were injured, one of them critically, in clashes with the government forces near the site of a gunfight in Turkawangam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday.
Reports said that youth took to streets and clashed with the forces to disrupt the anti-militant operation.
Four youth were injured after forces fired live ammunition, pellets and teargas at the protesters near the gunfight site.
The injured were shifted to district hospital Shopian for treatment. “Three among the injured have suffered bullet injuries. One of them, identified as Inayat, has suffered serious injuries,” said a hospital source.
Earlier, an official said a joint team of army and Special Operations Group (SOG) cordoned off Turkiwangam village after inputs about the presence of some militants in the area.
The hiding militants, believed to be three in number, opened fire on the approaching forces’ personnel, triggering a gunfight.
