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Two Militants, Two Civilians killed, Scores injured in Dialgam gunfight, Resistance calls shutdown on Sunday

July 1, 2017 Editor

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including commander Bashir Lashkari who was allegedly behind the killing of six policemen last month, were killed in an encounter with government forces in Kashmir’s Anantnag district today, police said. Two civilians, 44-year-old Tahira Begum and 21-year-old Shadab Ahmad Chopan, were killed and dozens others injured after forces fired to disperse protesters marching towards the gunfight in Brenti-Batpora village in Dialgam area of the district. “The encounter is over. Two militants have been killed,” Director General of Police S P Vaid told PTI. Vaid said the…

Two civilians killed, five injured in Beerwah; Curfew, Shutdown continues across Kashmir valley

August 16, 2016 Editor

Two civilians were killed in Aripanthan area of Beerwah in Budgam district Tuesday morning when CRPF personnel opened fire on a group of protesters, sources told Kashmir Post. Sources said that a CRPF party was on way near Aripanthan when it faced a group of people who were protesting against excesses. A police officer told Rising Kashmir that protesters resorted to heavy stone pelting and CRPF opened fire killing two civilians. Five more have been injured. With these killing death toll since July 9 has reached 63. Curfew and separatist…