ISLAMABAD – Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyredtwo more Kashmiri youth in Badgam district, today, raising the number ofmartyred youth to six since Wednesday night.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops martyred the two youthduring a cordon and search operation at Sutsoo Kalan in Nowgam area of thedistrict. Earlier, five Indian troops were injured in an attack in the samearea. During similar operations, the troops had killed three youth inShopian on Wednesday night and another in Kupwara, yesterday.
The Joint Resistance Leadership in a statement in Srinagar said the killingof Kashmiri youth during cordon and search operations across the Kashmirvalley is painful.
It also termed as a welcome move the European Parliament Members’ letter tothe Indian Government in which they expressed grave concern over continuedhuman rights violations in occupied Kashmir and demanded repeal ofdraconian laws, ban on use of pellet guns and action as per therecommendations in the Kashmir report of the UN High Commissioner for HumanRights.
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Hurriyat leaders including Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Musadsiq Aadil,Mushtaq-ul-Islam and Muhammad Rafiq Ganai in their statements said that theKashmiri youth were laying down their lives for a sacred cause of freedomand their sacrifices would not go waste.
The Chairman of Muslim Conference, Shabbir Ahmed Dar, and other Hurriyatleaders, Muhammad Iqbal Mir, Imtiyaz Ahmed Reshi, Ghulan Nabi Wasim andGhulam Nabi War in their statements in Srinagar paid homage to theprominent martyred Kashmiri freedom leaders, Ashfaq Majeed Wani andAdvocate Jaleel Andrabi, on their martyrdom anniversaries.