Clashes erupted in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Friday after some youth threw stones on forces personnel. According to witnesses, scores of youth assembled at Main Chowk and started shouting pro-freedom, anti-India slogans. They later began throwing stones at the police and paramilitary personnel deployed there. Witnesses added that the police and paramilitary forces in the area retaliated by lobbing tear smoke canisters. As the clashes intensified, the shopkeepers downed shutters of their shops and traffic was also affected. Police summoned reinforcements to the area and chased away the youth. No one was…
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