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Clashes break out, boy injured in Sopore
[Daily Excelsior] A nine-year-old boy was injured in stone pelting as festivities broke out at several places across Kashmire after Friday prayers today.Clashes broke out at several places after Friday prayers as normal life was disrupted due to strike called by separatists. Police and CRPF were deployed at sensitive places to prevent any protests. Protests and stone-pelting festivities took place in Nowhatta area of old city after the culmination of Friday prayers. The protesters hurled stones on security forces who, were deployed in strength in the area. They in return fired teargas to disperse the protesters. Police said that some miscreants started disrupting normal life by pelting stones on a police deployment immediately after the Friday prayers at Bada Bazaar Sopore. "During the stone pelting one 9-year-old passerby Mursaleen Azad Dar son of Azad Ahmad Dar resident of Batapora, Sopore was hit by a stone and received head injury," he said. The front man said that the injured boy was immediately rushed to hospital for medical treatment. Police has started the paperwork but haven't done much else and investigation was taken up. Protests and stone pelting were also reported from Jamia Masjid, Sopore area after Friday prayers. Police and CRPF were deployed in strength in the area. Police fired tear-smoke to disperse the stone pelting protesters. Stone pelting festivities were also reported from Baramulla. In Bijbehara and Sangam areas of Anantnag district, protest marches were carried out after Friday prayers. The protesters pelted stones on the security forces in these areas triggering festivities. Police and CRPF fired teargas to disperse the protesters. Clashes were also reported in Hamdania market area of Tral township of Pulwama district in South Kashmire after Friday prayers. Security forces fired teargas to disperse the protesters. Elsewhere normal life remained disrupted in Kashmire in response to strike called by separatists. Shops and business establishments remained closed and traffic was mostly off the roads. Schools and colleges were also closed. Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment... braving the cold, thousands of devotees thronged Hazratbal shrine on the banks of Dal lake on the eve of Friday following Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) for special prayers. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-17 |
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