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At least 12 injured in Eid day clashes in Kashmir

by IBNS 26 Jun 2017, 07:38 am

Srinagar, June 26 (IBNS) : Clashes broke out in Srinagar and few other places of Kashmir on the Eied day on Monday leaving at least 12 people, including to CRPF men, injured as protesters pelted stones and security forces using teargas and pellet guns, reports said.

Besides Srinagar, reports of unrest came from Anantnag, Sopore and Pulwama as Muslims of all classes thronged places of worship for offering Eid prayers at the end of the month-long fasting of Ramazan.


According to media reports, police had to fire tear gas shell in Srinagar, where two Central Reserve Police Force jawans suffered injuries after being hit by stones outside the Eidgah after the Namaz. Police had to lob tear gas canisters to disperse  the crowd.

Security forces resorted to firing pellet guns in Sopore to control a violent mob, in which ten people were injured. 

A mob resorted to stone pelting at Janglat Mandi in Anantnag town  after the Eid prayers, forcing police to burst tea as shells.

Sporadic clashes reportedly  continued in Anantnag for over an hour.