Troops Martyr 9, Injure Many In IOK

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Oct, 2018 ) :Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred nine youth and injured more than fifty in Laroo area of Kulgam district, today.

According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), three of the martyred got killed when the troops blasted a house. The rest were killed in troops' firing and in an explosion while people were removing the debris of the blasted house. The incident followed a cordon and search operation, jointly launched by Indian Army's Rashtriya Rifle, Central Reserve Police Force and Special Operation Group in the district.

The troops used bullets, pellets and teargas shells against the protesting youth. Doctors at Kulgam and Islamabad district hospitals said that they had received 44 injured youth. Some critically injured were shifted to hospitals in Srinagar.

Soon after the killings, the authorities suspended internet services and imposed curfew like restrictions in Kulgamdistrict.

Meanwhile, four Indian soldiers were injured in two separate attacks in Kulgam and Pulwama.