SRINAGAR – Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, have killed four youth in Occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the Kashmir Media Service reported on Monday.
The young men were killed by the Indian troops during a cordon and search operation at Lassipora area of district.
Indian police while describing victims as militants claimed that they were killed in the gunfight and three Indian troops were also critically injured.
On the other hand, the authorities also suspended internet services in Pulwama and Shopian districts.
Meanwhile, Indian troops launched violent cordon and search operations in Qazigund and Veernag areas of the Islamabad district.
Indian Occupied Kashmir is the world’s most militarised zone with some 500,000 troops deployed to fight a rebellion that broke out in 1989. Tens of thousands of people, mainly civilians, have been martyred in the conflict. Violence has spiked since 2016 with almost 600 martyred last year, the highest toll in a decade.
