SRINAGAR (92 News) – In their fresh act of state terrorism, Indian troops martyred three Kashmiri youth in Rajouri district, today in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK).
According to the KMS, the youth were killed by the troops during a violent military operation in Nawshehra area of the district.
However, an Indian Army official while talking to media men claimed that the youth were militants who were killed during an encounter with the troops.
Meanwhile, Indian troops launched a massive cordon and search operations in five villages of Mendhar area of Poonch district. An Indian Army official confirmed that teams of army and police had cordoned the villages and “Searches are going on in the area.”
Indian troops martyr 21 Kashmiris in May
Indian troops martyred twenty one (21) Kashmiris including two (2) young boys during the last month of May. According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, today, of those martyred two were killed in a fake encounter while these killings rendered one (1) woman widowed and two (2) children orphaned.
During the period, at least two hundred (200) people were injured due to the use of brute force including firing of bullets, pellets and teargas shells by Indian troops and police personnel on mourners and peaceful protesters in the territory.
Indian police and paramilitary personnel arrested one hundred forty six (146) people, mostly youth, and molested and disgraced twenty (20) women during five hundred sixty five (565) cordon and search operations in different areas of the territory.
The troops along with police personnel also destroyed or damaged eight hundred one (801) residential houses and also looted them in the month.
