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What are pellet guns and why are they so lethal?

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Over a hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries, and while the police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, doctors treating pellet victims say it maims a person forever. The recent violence in Jammu and Kashmir has brought pellet guns into focus. Over hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries after security forces fired pellet guns to contain violence triggered after Burhan Wani, a militant, was killed last week. Police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, but doctors treating pellet victims say…

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Wounded Childhood: Meet Valley’s teenage pellet victims

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4 Year old Zuhra blames ‘firecrackers by police uncle’ for injuries Four-year-old Zuhra Majeed, who is undergoing treatment at general specialty SMHS hospital here, has been insisting on meeting her friends. She wants to show them her video that has gone viral on social networking sites. “I want to go home. I want to be with my friends,” says Zuhra, unmindful of the pellets, fired by forces, which have pierced her body. Asked how she got injured, Zuhra blames “firecrackers by police uncle.” “Mein Bachpan Mein Pathakay Jalati Thi, Ab…

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Chief Minister was in dark about operation Burhan, says Baig

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Senior People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Member of Parliament Muzaffar Hussain Baig has asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to appoint a high-level commission to probe the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani and the civilian killings that followed. “The gunfight in which Burhan was killed was carried out in violation of Supreme Court guidelines,” claimed Baig. “As per the Supreme Court judgment, whenever an operation is carried out, a magistrate has to be taken along. Then, in his presence, the militants have to be appealed to in the local…

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Separatists snub PM; With 03 more deaths toll mount to 40

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With three more deaths on Wednesday, the Kashmir Valley remained on the edge for the fifth consecutive day even as separatists described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting in New Delhi to discuss the situation as “meaningless.” Hospital sources said two protesters — Mushtaq Ahmad Dar of Qazigund and Shahid Ahmad Magray of Kokernag — succumbed to their injuries while a youth, Hilal Ahmad, was killed in Anantnag’s Harnag area when an escort team of a police officer opened fire on a crowd. There was, however, no confirmation of the Anantnag…

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Protect state from further bloodshed : Mehbooba Mufti

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In her first public address since violent clashes broke out last Saturday killing 36 people, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday sought people’s support in pulling the state out of a spiral of violence, saying the killings have overwhelmed her heart with sadness. Kashmir remained a simmering cauldron of protests on Wednesday with three more killed in fresh violence, taking the toll to 36. The CM promised to reach out to families who’ve lost their dear ones. “I am facing a challenging task, but I won’t let…

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Stone pelting doesn’t give India free pass to use lethal force: Human Rights Watch

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Stone throwing by Kashmir protesters does not give India free pass to use lethal force, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. HRW also asked India to investigate the use of lethal force in Kashmir. In a statement issued here, HRW said Indian authorities should credibly and impartially investigate use of force by police during violent protests in Jammu and Kashmir that have killed over 30 people and injured hundreds. HRW said since the killing of Burhan Wani and two other Hizb-ul-Mujahedin militants on July 8, 2016, demonstrations had occurred in…

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Hartal / Strike call extended for two more days

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Hurriyat has extended the on going hartal call for two more days. The strike call given jointly by seperatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik has been extended till Friday. In a statement issued by Hurriyat Conference (M), on behalf of all parties people have been asked to continue strike on July 14 and 15 and also hold protests after Friday prayers against the killing spree that has claimed 35 lives so far. The statement also condemned the arrest of Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik.

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Mehbooba Mufti repeating my mistakes; Omar Abdullah on Kashmir Unrest

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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said that J-K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti should have at least been on television appealing for calm in the Valley but she seems to have retreated into a shell at a time when she needed to be seen and heard. The cycle of violence that gripped the Valley in 2010 is a painful memory for former chief minister Omar Abdullah, but as he sees Kashmir erupt again, he finds his successor making the same “mistakes” he did. “Mehbooba Mufti has made the same mistake…

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Modi ‘unhappy’ over media coverage of terrorist Burhan Wani being portrayed as ‘Hero’

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Undoubtedly, the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani got immense media coverage. Now, it has been reported that PM Narendra Modi has expressed ‘unhappiness’ over the media coverage of violent protests in Kashmir following the killing of Burhan Wani, saying the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was portrayed as a ‘hero’. PM Modi said this on Tuesday at a high-level meeting to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after Wani’s killing in an encounter, according to a  Press Trust of India report. In the high-level meeting attended by top Union…

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Omar Abdullah accuses govt of staging drama to show normalcy

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For mer Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday accused the government of staging a drama to show that situation was turning normal. Speaking to media after paying tributes to 1931 Martyrs at Naqashband Sahib shrine in Srinagar downtown Omar said that “if they had to bring civil people in police cars to show normalcy how can they restore the order”. “Shamelessness. People ferried in police buses to state function to convey normalcy has returned. When I came here,I was shocked to see civil people being brought here…

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