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Indian army ‘regrets’ civilian deaths in Kashmir
[Dhaka Tribune] The Indian army has expressed regret over the death of four civilians in an incident on Monday when troops "were forced to open fire when a large mob turned violent."A police front man, giving details of the incident, said an army mobile patrol party shot up an unruly stone-pelting mob in Kashmire’s Churaht Qazigund area when troops had been trying to clear a road blockade. Four persons, including two women, were killed and seven others injured in the incident. "An inquiry has been ordered into the incident," NDTV quotes a defence spokesperson as saying. The number of casualties reached to 43 as of Tuesday since the beginning of the violence more than a week ago over the death of a popular myrmidon, even as curfew remained in force in the Valley. "The Army deeply regrets, the unfortunate loss of life in the incident at Churat, Qaziund where the troops were forced to open fire yesterday when a large mob turned violent, resorting to heavy stone pelting and attempted to snatch weapons from the soldiers," the spokesperson said. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-20 |
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