SRINAGAR: Around a dozen persons were injured allegedly in security forces’ action on protestors during clashes in Shopian district on Sunday, police said.
Clashes erupted between groups of youth and security forces in Sugan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district amid multiple funeral prayers for Al-Badr commander Zeenat-ul-Islam who was killed in an encounter in Saturday, a police official said.
Sugan is Islam’s native village.
Clashes erupted soon after the forces tried to chase away the people from assembling in the village, the official said.
He said at least a dozen persons were injured in the forces’ action.
The injured were taken to nearby hospital, wherefrom four of them were referred to SMHS hospital here, the official said. (AGENCIES)
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