Seven civilians were killed after clashes broke out between the youth and security forces following an encounter in J&K's Pulwama district on Saturday, 15 December.
A soldier and three militants were also killed in the encounter. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Sirnoo village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Saturday morning after receiving specific intelligence input on the presence of militants in the area, an army official said.
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah condemned the incident in three tweets.
Another blood soaked weekend in Kashmir. 6 protestors killed, 1 solider killed in the line of duty. Together with the 3 militants from this morning’s encounter that’s 10 dead. Reports of many injured at the encounter site. What a horrible day!
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6 civilians killed and numerous more injured, many critically. Any way you look at it this was a badly executed encounter. Protests around encounter sites are now the norm not the exception. Why are we unable to learn how to handle them better?
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The administration of Governor Malik has one task & one task only - to focus on the security of the people of J&K & restore peace to a troubled valley. Sadly it appears that’s the only thing the administration is not doing. Publicity campaigns & full page ads don’t bring peace.
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The operation started before dawn, with the army, the police and the CRPF acting on specific information they had received that three militants were hiding in an orchard, reported NDTV, quoting police sources.
The search operation turned into an encounter after the militants opened fire on security personnel, reported PTI.
All three of the militants killed in the encounter are members of Hizbul Mujahideen.
One of the dead militants has been identified as Zahoor Ahmad Thokar, a former army jawan who joined militancy last year. In July 2017, Hizbul Mujahideen had claimed that Zahoor Ahmad Thokar of 173 Territorial Army, who was missing along with his service rifle and ammunition, had joined the militant outfit.
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