Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 31: Two persons were injured in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after violent stone-throwing clashes erupted between locals and security forces over the killing of three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants gunned down yesterday.
The clashes erupted soon after the funeral-in-absentia for two militants as locals resorted to massive stone-pelting on Lalpora police station. The residents of Dardpora and Lalpora areas offered the absentia funeral at Jindyal village as police didn’t handover bodies of two militants to them.
Soon after the funeral, hundreds of residents clashed with security forces during which police used teargas shells. Two persons identified as Javaid Ahmad and Bilal Teli were injured. The clashes later subsidized and situation eased.
Meanwhile, three teenagers were detained by police from Sazgaripora locality of Hawal in downtown here on the charges of stone-pelting. The youths were detained for taking part in frequent stone-throwing protests in Old City localities, said an official.
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