SRINAGAR – At least 318 children were killed in occupied Jammu and Kashmirby government forces, a report issued by the Valley’s top human rightsgroup – the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) – shows.

Of the total 318 children, 144 were killed by government forces, includingJ&K police, while unidentified gunmen killed at least 147 children andmilitants killed 12.

Among those killed by government forces, 110 children were shot dead, thereport reveals.

The data for this report, which was collected through field work conductedby JKCCS research teams and cross-checking of newspaper reports of lastfifteen years, seeks to bring attention to the plight of the childrenaffected by the ongoing conflict in Jammu and Kashmir.

The JKCCS report states that “there are no legal and normative processes orpractices protecting children’s rights in Jammu and Kashmir” and “no oneamong the perpetrators of these heinous crimes (against children) has beenbrought to justice till date”.