In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Gilani and other leaders have paid glorious tributes to the victims of Sopore massacre on their 26th martyrdom anniversary being observed on Sunday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the leaders said that Kashmiris had witnessed many such barbaric acts over the past three decades at the hands of Indian forces.
They appealed to the international community to investigate the Sopore massacre and other such incidents to punish the Indian forces’ personnel involved in the war crimes.
It was on January 6, 1993, when the personnel of Border Security Force killed more than 60 civilians in indiscriminate firing and razed over 400 structures to the ground in the apple town.
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Complete shutdown was observed in Sopore and adjoining areas of Baramulla today to mark the anniversary of the deadliest massacre carried out by the Indian troops in the town.