SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in theircontinued acts of state terrorism martyred twenty four Kashmiris andinjured 59 in the month of August.
According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir MediaService (KMS), these killings rendered one woman widowed and four peopleorphaned.
During the period, at least fifty nine people were injured due to the useof brute force including firing of bullets, pellets and teargas shells byIndian troops and police personnel.
The troops and police personnel also destroyed or damaged elevenresidential houses and structures and also looted several houses in themonth. The Indian forces in so-called operation arrested 98 people.
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The number of martyred during current year has jumped to 172 in occupiedKashmir.
Last week, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said Kashmiri people’sstruggle for their inalienable right to self-determination had taken a newturn with an indigenous political resistance movement picking up inoccupied Jammu and Kashmir.