January 03
At least a dozen persons were injured during intense clashes that began in Tral area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on Thursday.
The youth in large numbers along with women and old men hit the streets after the news of the encounter spread in the area.
People tried to make their way to the encounter site and Government forces fired tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse the protesters.
Sources told The Kashmiriyat that at least ten protesters were injured during the clashes when youth hurled stones upon the troopers in retaliation.
They said that at least ten youth were injured in clashes near Batagund, Khangund, Gulshanpora and other places of the district.
The clashes were however going on near the encounter site where two to three Local Militants are believed to holed up.