Srinagar, Sep 11 (KNS): While dozens of civilians were injured on Sunday during fresh clashes between government forces and stone-pelting protesters in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a youth from of area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district who was injured in forces’ action in Narbal has succumbed at SK Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar on Sunday.
A SKIMS doctor while confirming the death of youth said "a youth identified as Javaid Ahmad, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dar, resident of Wadwan Budgam breathed his last at the hospital around noon on Sunday".
He was admitted to the hospital with a bullet injury in leg on August 5. “The bullet had torn apart his popliteal artery which had necessitated an amputation and resulted in renal failure,” said the doctor.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Meanwhile dozens of civilians were injured on Sunday during fresh clashes between government forces and stone-pelting protesters in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said.
Thousands of residents of Karimabad and adjoining areas took to streets on Sunday morning to protest against the alleged nocturnal raids conducted by government forces, a police official said.
The protestors started pelting stones at the security forces who retaliated by firing tear smoke shells and pellet guns, he said.
Twenty injured persons have been referred to various hospitals in the city, the official said.
The clashes were going on in the area till reports last came in, he added. (KNS)