Kashmir Shuts to protest Shopian killings, Solidarity Day observed across Pakistan

A complete shutdown was observed across Kashmir while youth continued to engage in clashes with forces through the day in parts of Valley in protest to the killings in Shopian last Sunday in which 13 militants and 4 civilians were killed. Markets remained shut while schools and colleges were closed. There were curbs on movement of people in parts of Srinagar city to prevent protests called by Joint resistance leadership (JRL) over militant and civilian killings in Shopian. Contingents of police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were deployed…

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