Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, two teenage boys and a youth were martyred and dozens injured after being hit by bullets of Indian troops in Chadoora area of Budgam district, today.
The teenage boys identified as Zahid Rashid and Saqib Ahmadhad received the bullets and died on way to hospital. The doctors at the hospital said that the boys were brought dead.
Zahid Rashid and Saqib Ahmad were among protesters who had gathered at Chadoora to rescue some youth besieged by Indian forces. Zahid was the youngest and the lone brother of five sisters. Son of a businessman, Abdul Rasheed Ganie, Zahid had joined his father’s business after passing class 12th exams. Another youth was martyred when forces blasted a residential house in the locality
Meanwhile, dozens of civilians were injured after forces fired bullets and pellets on protesters in Durbugh village of Chadoora. Some of the injured have been identified as Mubashir Dar, Bilal Ahmad Dar, Nazir Dar, Ashraf Yatoo, Owais Hassan Dar and Sakib Ahmad Butt.
On the other hand, Hurriyet leaders including Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Muhammad Musaddiq Aadil, Bilal Sidduqi, Javed Ahmad Mir, Qazi Yasir, Zafar Akbar Butt and others in their statements condemned the killings.