Civilian killed in forces' firing during stone pelting in J&K

A group of youth pelted the security forces' vehicles with stones at Rangreth, a police official said.

Update: 2017-06-16 04:25 GMT
The Army is zeroing in on young stone throwers in Kashmir not to lock them up but to take them around India and give wings to their dreams.

Srinagar: A 22-year-old man died as security forces opened fire on a stone pelting mob in Rangreth area on the outskirts of the city, police said on Thursday.

A group of youth pelted the security forces' vehicles with stones at Rangreth, a police official said.

The security personnel opened fire to chase away the protestors in which one person was injured.

Nazir Ahmad was rushed to SKIMS hospital at Soura in a critical condition where he succumbed on the intervening night of June 15 and 16, the official said.

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