Fighters laid to rest in south Kashmir, thousands attend funerals

Pulwama: Thousands of people today participated in the the funeral prayers of two fightes, who were killed in a gunfight with government forces on Monday.

Since early morning, hundreds of people from Gadoora, Newa, Eshmandur, Wahibug, Zadoora, Gusoo, Loswani and other adjoining areas assembled in Karimabad, the native village of Hizb militant Afaq Ullah Bhat, who aong with his associate Abdul Manan Dar was killed in an encounter in Drabgam area of Rajpora in Shopian, witnesses told Kashmir Reader, witnesses said.

Kashmir killings: Protests, shelling in Hyderpora

Srinagar: Intense clashes and protests were reported from uptown Hyderpora area post Friday prayers today.

Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat (g) chairman, had called for protests today against thrashing of JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik and detention of his amalgam leaders.

1993 Bijbehara massacre: when playground was turned into a graveyard by BSF

Srinagar: Way back 22 years ago on this day the Children’s park, in New Colony area of south Kashmir’s Bijbehara town, was turned into a graveyard when bullet-riddled bodies of as many as 32 people, including 25 teenage students had to be buried there.

The slain, all civilians, were killed in the infamous Bijbehara Massacre of 1993, when Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from 74 Battalion opened fire on unarmed demonstrators protesting against the siege of Dargah in Hazratbal, Srinagar.

The number of dead remains disputed with different national and International agencies putting the number between 35 and 52. More than 200 others were injured during the firing, leaving many of them handicapped for the rest of their life.

Shopian: fighters laid to rest, amid pro-freedom slogans

Shopian: Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of two militants killed in an encounter with police and army in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Witnesses said that the bodies of militants - Irshad Ahmad Sheikh of Maldeera Shopian and Adil Khanday of Barbugh Imam-sahib – were carried in a huge procession amid pro-freedom and anti-India slogans to the graveyard today. Mourners from different villages of the district had started assembling in the village from early morning, they said. Elsewhere in the district, a complete shutdown is being observed to pay

Thousands attend funeral of 2 youth in Shopian

Pulwama: Thousands of people in Shopian today participated in the funeral prayers of two fighters, who were killed in a fierce gun-battle with Indian forces on Thursday. Witnesses told that hundreds of people from different villages of Shopian converged outside the houses of Hizb militants Irshad Ahmad Sheikh and Adil Khanday at Maldaira and Barbugh to attend their funeral prayers.
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One fighter die; 3 Army personnel injured in Kunzar Encounter

Srinagar: Three Indian army personnel were injured while a militant lost his life in an encounter in North Kashmir’s Kunzar area on early Wednesday. Kunzar lies on way to Gulmarg after Magam from Srinagar.

JKPFL holds protest in Srinagar against Udhampur incident; Ramzan Khan others arrested

Srinagar, October 12, 2015: Jammu and Kashmir People’s Freedom League[JKPFL], here held a protest demonstration today in Lal Chowk, Srinagar against torching of a Kashmir-bound truck at Udhampore in which three Kashmiri truckers sustained serious burn injuries who are now battling for life in Delhi hospital, to draw the attention of the world towards stepped up Hindu terrorism in Jammu.
The demonstration was led by JKPFL, General Secretary Muhammad Ramzan Khan and others. Protesters raised slogans against India and demanded protection of Kashmiri traders in Jammu and Delhi. In the meantime Indian police came in and arrested JKPFL General Secretary Muhammad Ramzan Khan, Imtiyaz Ahmed Shah, Arshad Aziz, Showkat Ahmed Bhat, and others and lodged them in Kothi Bagh Police Station in Srinagar and didn’t allow to carry forward the demonstration.