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  India   All India  01 Feb 2018  J&K: 10-yr-old boy, injured in shell explosion in Shopian district, dies

J&K: 10-yr-old boy, injured in shell explosion in Shopian district, dies

PTI
Published : Feb 1, 2018, 1:22 pm IST
Updated : Feb 1, 2018, 1:22 pm IST

The explosion took place when some people were clearing debris from a house where an encounter had taken place a day earlier.

Musharaf Faya, who was critically injured after an unexploded shell went off at the site of a gunfight on January 25 in Chaigund village in south Kashmir, died on Thursday. (Photo: Representational | PTI)
 Musharaf Faya, who was critically injured after an unexploded shell went off at the site of a gunfight on January 25 in Chaigund village in south Kashmir, died on Thursday. (Photo: Representational | PTI)

Srinagar: A 10-year-old boy, who was injured after an unexploded shell went off at an encounter site in Shopian last week, succumbed in Srinagar on Thursday, police said.

Musharaf Faya, who was critically injured after an unexploded shell went off at the site of a gunfight on January 25 in Chaigund village in south Kashmir, died on Thursday, a police official said.

He said the boy succumbed to his injuries in the early hours on Thursday at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Hospital, Soura.

The explosion took place when some people were clearing debris from a house where an encounter had taken place a day earlier.

Tags: shell explosion, sher-e- kashmir institute of medical sciences, encounter in j&k, boy succumbs to injuries
Location: India, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar