SRINAGAR: Fresh clashes broke out today between protestors and security forces in Kashmir in which two civilians were killed taking to 41 the death toll in the current unrest even as a PDP MLA was injured when he was attacked by a stone pelting mob.
The two civilians were killed in retaliatory firing after the protestors pelted stones at an Army vehicle in Qazigund in south Kashmir even as curfew in the Valley continued for the 10th day, police said, adding seven people were also injured, including one critically. In all, a dozen people were injured in clashes in separate incidents.
Mohammad Khalil Band, the PDP MLA, suffered injuries when a mob pelted stones at his vehicle in Pulwama district last night even as normal life remained paralysed and the separatists extended till July 22 the shutdown call in the Valley in protest against the killing of young Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has convened an All Party Meeting here on July 21 to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the Valley, an official spokesman said. (AGENCIES)
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