Youth killed in clashes with security forces in Kashmir

Srinagar, August 14
A youth was killed in south Kashmir’s Shopian district during security forces’ action on a mob of stone-pelters who were protesting after an encounter in which three militants were killed on Sunday, police said.
Mohammad Sayeed Bhat (25) received bullet injuries when security forces used fire to chase away the mob near the encounter site at Avneera in Shopian on Sunday night, a police official said.
He said Bhat was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The official said 12 other people were injured in the clashes.