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Despite Night, Clashes Erupt Near Sopore Encounter Site

December 12

Intense Clashes have erupted between protesters and government forces erupted in the Brath Kalan area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district where a gunfight between militants and forces is underway.

A Local told The Kashmiriyat that scores of protesters assembled and pelted stones on forces who responded to intense tear smoke shelling.

Announcements are being made on loudspeakers in the mosques asking others to come out, a local told The Kashmiriyat.

People in large numbers from adjacent areas shouting pro independence and pro Militancy slogans are trying marching towards the encounter site.

Meanwhile Mobile and Internet Services have been barred in Sopore (The Kashmiriyat)