Srinagar, Jul 10 (KNS): At least 96 people were injured during the clashes between youth and forces in different areas of Kashmir and are being treated in Srinagar hospitals.
Government Medical College (GMC) Principal, Dr Kaisar told KNS that 96 injured persons are being treated in two hospitals in Srinagar who were injured in ongoing violence in Kashmir.
He said, “84 youth are being treated in Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital while 12 are being treated in Bone and Joint hospital in Barzulla.”
“The youth have received bullet or pellet injuries,” he said.
Dr Kaisar informed that four youth succumbed to their injuries during the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday while one youth from Pulwama who was shifted to hospital in the wee hours of this morning was declared brought dead.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Pertinently, twelve youth were killed in forces firing in South Kashmir on Saturday while several others received injuries across Kashmir as the valley erupted in protests against the killing of a most popular militant and Hizb commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani and his two associates on Friday during an encounter that raged between forces and militants in Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
It is worth to mention here that in the cycle of ongoing violence in Kashmir since Saturday, the death toll across Kashmir has gone upto 16. (KNS)