SRINAGAR: Expressing distress over the death of six civilians in firing by security forces, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that she was pained that most of them were teenagers who were yet to understand the intricacies of the issues.
Peaceful means and not violence was the way ahead, the J&K chief minister said.
“I am distressed to know that many of those killed were young or teenagers who were yet to understand the intricacies of the issues,” Mehbooba said in an official statement here.
The chief minister said she has consistently held that peaceful means and not violence are the only way ahead in getting state out of the present difficulties.
“This is the time that people of all shades of opinion in the State should come together and help in stopping this cycle of violence and bloodshed which unfortunately has plagued Jammu and Kashmir for three decades now,” she said. (AGENCIES)
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