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One more succumbs to poll clash injuries in Srinagar

by IBNS 19 Apr 2017, 08:59 am

Srinagar, Apr 19 (IBNS): A teenager identified as Muzaffar Ahmad from Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir succumbed to his injures at SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday morning.

Muzaffar Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Mohi lu din, resident of Zangalpora, according to sources, was injured at Baroosa Ganderbal when government forces opened fire on protesters on April 9 poll day.

With Muzaffar's death, the death toll from April 9 clashes reached to nine.

At least eight civilians were killed and more than 150 injured in clashes during bypolls in Kashmir valley.


 

Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri