Doctors and government officials said they were struggling with a medical emergency after hundreds of civilians were admitted to hospitals with bullet and pellet wounds.
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As news of his death spread, spontaneous protests erupted and crowds of angry youths gathered to throw rocks at Indian police and paramilitary soldiers. “Over 250 injured people were treated at two Srinagar hospitals – SKIMS Soura and SMHS Hospital – in the last three days”, they said, adding that about 1,250 were treated in different district and sub-district hospitals.
Once the security forces are withdrawn, the protestors again put the blockades on the roads mostly in the non-curfew areas.
“We do not know if firearms were used, but the protesters were pushed back”, a senior officer on condition of anonymity. So now the security forces are going about in night-time to clear a particular area for smooth movement of vehicles.
He said, “The members of civil society of Pakistan are with the Kashmiris, as their cause and demands are genuine”.
The police also said mobs set on fire a police post at the fruit mandi in Sopore and another at Litter in Pulwama. In a joint decision announced on Monday, they extended the strike call issued to mourn and protest the killing of Wani for two more days (Tuesday and Wednesday) in view of the killing of protesters.
Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a joint called for complete shutdown tomorrow and on Friday to protest against the curbs on the programmes in connection with the Kashmir Martyrs’ Day and detention of Hurriyet leaders. Train services from Baramulla in Kashmir region to Banihal town in Jammu have also been suspended.
He said most of the deaths had occurred on Saturday when mobs attacked police and other security installations in south Kashmir but all the deaths could not be accounted for as the situation did not allow the law enforcing agencies to gather information.
Educational institutions in the Valley were closed on account of the ongoing summer vacations, while Central University of Kashmir (CUK), Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) and Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) have postponed the examinations due to the prevailing situation.
She also sought cooperation from cross section of people to help the government in restoring peace and normalcy.
Dujarric also rejected remarks by a Pakistani journalist that the United Nations chief, who had earlier in the day addressed the press on the situation in South Sudan, had “brushed aside” the Kashmir issue and was not taking note of the situation there.
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A native of Rathsuna in southern Kashmir, Sabzar was said to be a close friend of Wani, who joined the militant group when he was 15 years old and became the poster boy of modern-day militancy in Kashmir.
