Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred five more Kashmiri youth in Shopian and Islamabad districts, taking the number of the martyred youth in the territory to 12 since Thursday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, three youth were martyred by the troops during cordon and search operations in Hadipora area of Shopian while another two youth were martyred in Bijbehara area of Islamabad district.
Earlier, Indian troops martyred seven Kashmiri youth in separate cordon and search operations in Shopian and Pulwama districts on Thursday and Friday.
The authorities have snapped internet services in Shopian, Kulgam and Islamabad districts of south Kashmir. Meanwhile, In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders and organizations have condemned in strong terms the killing of innocent youth and desecration of a mosque by the Indian forces in Shopian district and termed it as the worst form of state-terrorism.
APHC leader and Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Political Movement Khawaja Firdous in a statement issued in Srinagar while paying tributes to the martyrs in Shopian and Islamabad said that India has issued an open licence to its brutal troops to kill innocent Kashmiris. He said that the troops, enjoying immunity under draconian laws, kill Kashmiris and desecrate mosques during cordon and search operations to perks and promotions. He said that India is killing Kashmiris extra judicially under a well thought-out plan.
The Chairman of Islamic Political Party Jammu and Kashmir, Mohammad Yousuf Naqash in a statement issued in Srinagar deplored that that death and destruction at the hands of Indian forces continue to increase with every passing day.
He said, “Our people, particularly young generation, are laying down their lives and suffering every kind of oppression including arrest, torture and detention for a sacred cause, the inalienable right to self determination.” Mohammad Yousuf Naqash said, India caught by the arrogance of military might is hell bent on crushing the ongoing liberation movement.
