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[DAWN] A 70-year-old civilian was killed and seven other people were maimed during an anti-India protest that erupted on Thursday following a shootout that killed three military personnel and two forces of Evil in India-held Kashmire, sources said.A group of forces of Evil stormed a military camp close to the heavily militarised Line of Control dividing the disputed Himalayan region, army front man Col Rajesh Kalia said.
The forces of Evil hurled grenades and fired automatic weapons at the highly guarded camp in Panzgam, northwest of Srinagar, a police officer said.
Two forces of Evil were killed in an ensuing shootout, while another was believed to have escaped, the officer said.
He said three security personnel, including an army officer, were killed and five soldiers maimed in the attack. The injured soldiers were airlifted to the Indian army’s main base in Srinagar for treatment.
No holy warrior group fighting against Indian rule in the region immediately issued any statement about the attack.
However,
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scores of villagers assembled outside the army camp in Panzgam in solidarity with the forces of Evil and chanted pro-freedom slogans and demanded that bodies of the slain forces of Evil be handed over to them for their last rites, the police officer said.
He said soldiers fired at the protesters after they hurled rocks at an army vehicle leaving the camp. A 70-year-old man was killed and at least seven others maimed in the firing, he said.
Villagers said the slain man was not part of the protest and was hit by a bullet in the chest.
In another protest, hundreds of villagers erupted into the streets a few kilometres from the site of the shootout and hurled rocks at police and paramilitary soldiers, who fired tear gas and warning shots to break up the demonstration. No one was reported injured in those festivities.