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Srinagar: In Occupied Kashmir, the chief commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo has been martyred along with his associate Aadil Ahmed during a cordon and search operation by Indian troops in Pulwama district, today.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Riyaz Naikoo had taken over as the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after popular young commander Burhan Wani was killed by Indian troops in a fake encounter in Kokarnag area of Islamabad district on July 8, 2016.
In the wake of the killing of Riyaz Naikoo and Aadil Ahmad, the authorities suspended mobile internet services in the entire occupied territory and imposed curfew-like restrictions. Earlier, the troops martyred another two youth in Sharshali area of the district raising the toll to four in one day. People took to the streets at different places in Pulwama district to pretest the killing of Riyaz Naikoo and other youth. Many people were injured when the Indian troops and police resorted to brute force to quell the protests. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference while paying tributes to Riyaz Niakoo and other martyrs in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, appealed people to come out in large numbers and offer funerals of the martyrs. The APHC also called for general strike in the occupied territory, tomorrow, against the killings. People have been asked to offer funeral prayers in absentia for the martyrs in their villages, hometowns and cities on Friday.
In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called for a complete strike in the entire territory, tomorrow, against the killing of top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Riyaz Naikoo and other martyrs. The APHC spokesman, in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, while paying rich tributes to Riyaz Niakoo and other martyrs appealed people to come out in large numbers and offer funerals of the martyrs. He also urged people to offer funeral prayers in absentia for the martyrs in their villages, hometowns and cities on Friday.
Riyaz Naikoo was martyred along with his associate Aadil Ahmed during a cordon and search operation by Indian troops in Pulwama district, today. Earlier, the troops martyred another two youth in Sharshali area of the district raising the toll to four in one day. In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and other pro-freedom leaders and organizations have urged the Kashmiri people to come to the streets against the genocide of Kashmiri youth by Indian troops and express solidarity with the families of the martyrs. The Hurriyat leaders and organizations paid rich tributes to chief operational commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo and Aadil Ahmad who were martyred by Indian troops during a cordon and search operation at Beighpora Awantipora in Pulwama district, today.
The Hurriyat leaders and organizations including Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, Umar Aadil Dar, Yasmeen Raja, Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, Muslim League, Peoples League, Students and Youth Forum, Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami, Ummat-e-Islami, Karwaan-e-Islami and Jammu and Kashmir Young Men’s League said that youth like Riyaz Naikoo and Aadil Ahmad would continue to live in the hearts and minds of the Kashmiri people and that they would remain the symbol of Kashmiris’ resistance against India. They maintained that though India was snatching youths like Riyaz Naikoo physically but it couldn’t crush the Kashmiri people’s freedom sentiment. They made it clear that the Kashmiris were ready to face Indian bullets on their chests but would never surrender their just cause.
The leaders and organizations underlined that the sacrifices of the Kashmiri youth would remain a golden page of Kashmir’s history, adding that these martyrs were the torch bearers of freedom struggle and that their sacred blood would further spur the freedom movement.
