Various parts of Srinagar’s on Thursday observed a shutdown to mark the anniversary of the 1990 Gaw Kadal incident.
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Shops, business establishments, and offices in Gaw Kadal, Basant Bagh, Maisuma and adjoining areas shut to mark the anniversary, Locals told The Kashmiriyat.
Meanwhile, people are visiting the martyrs’ graveyard of Srinagar to offer Fateh Khwani to the victims of the massacre.
52 people were killed on the 21st of January in 1990 on the Gaw Kadal bridge when Government Forces opened indiscriminate fire on civilians in this Srinagar area.
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Meanwhile Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu expressed sympathies with the families whose beloved were killed in this massacre.
In a tweet Srinagar Mayor said: “Today is the 32nd anniversary of another dark chapter in our history – the nightmare of Gawkadal on 21st January 1990.”