KL Report
SRINAGAR
Amid anti-Israel protests, scores of youth Tuesday clashed with police in North Kashmir’s Palhallan area of Pattan town that resulted in the shutdown of the market.
Police sources told CNS that scores of youth soon after noon prayers took to streets and amid anti-Israel slogans pelted stones on police vehicles.
Sources added that stone-pelters tried to target civilian vehicles, however, police resorted to tear gas shelling to disperse them. The provoked youth appeared on Srinagar-Baramullah road and tried to block it.
Reports said that as a result of intense clashes between the youth and police, shopkeepers downed their shutters for the whole day. A group of youth used public address system and played Kashmiri patriotic numbers.
A police official said that some miscreants attacked police while police exercised maximum restraint and fired only few shells to restore the order in the area. Reports said that many protestors received injuries during clashes, which continued for hours.
Meanwhile, clashes also erupted in Apple Town Sopore where protestors targeted State Bank of India that houses CRPF personnel from 179 Battalion. Reports said that youth during anti-Israel demonstrations resorted to indiscriminate stone-pelting on CRPF personnel. Government forces bursted tear-smoke shells to disperse the protestors. A police official said that situation was brought under control after the clashes.
