*SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of stateterrorism martyred a Kashmiri youth in Sopore area of Baramulla district.*
The youth was killed during the siege and search operation in Warpora areaof Sopore on Friday, Kashmir Media Service reported.
In Srinagar and other areas of the territory, hundreds of people defyingcurfew and other restrictions continued to hold demonstrations, on Friday,against India’s latest onslaught to impose Hindu civilization.
People took to the streets in Srinagar and other parts of the territoryincluding Central, South and North Kashmir and staged forcefuldemonstrations against the repeal of the special status of the territory bythe Indian government on August 5, Kashmir Media Service reported.
Indian troops and police personnel used brute force against thedemonstrators, injuring many of them.
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More than 600 incidents of protests have occurred in the occupied territoryso far since August 5. Hundreds of people have sustained injuries due tothe firing of bullets, pellets and teargas shells on the protesters byIndian forces’ personnel during this period.
A senior government official told media that as many as 36 persons havereceived pellet injuries in the Kashmir valley since August 5 which havebeen reported only in Srinagar hospitals.