RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Ovain Ali, a journalist and resident of Indian-occupied Kashmir, said that at least seven civilians were killed while sixty five others injured as Indian government forces opened indiscriminate fire upon protesters in the Sirnoo area of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Shouting pro-independence and anti-India slogans, youth tried to march towards the scene of conflict, forces in the area fired pellets, tear smoke shells and bullets upon the youth in which at least six people were killed and dozens injured.
Sources told Ali that youth in large numbers hit the streets as soon as gunshots were heard in the area.
The slain youth have been identified as Shahbaz Ali, resident of Monghama village, Suhail Ahmad of Bellow, Liyaqat Ahmad from Parigam, Amir Ahmad Palla of Ashminder and Abid Hussain Lone of Kareemabad and Tawseef Ahmad Mir of Urchersoo Pulwama district.
Many of the injured were shifted to the nearby hospitals, however many youth at the fear of being profiled in the police stations chose not to be treated at the hospitals, locals from, Sirnoo told Ali.
Hospital officials at the Pulwama district hospital confirmed that four youth were brought dead to the hospital while two died on the way to the hospitals.
Dozens of civilians have been killed this year as locals come out to save the trapped militants escape from the scenes of conflict.
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