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Srinagar/Jammu/New
Delhi: At least eight people were killed in fresh round
of violence in Kashmir, taking the death toll since Friday to 14.
Four people were killed and over 20 injured when an ammunition depot
in the police station at Khrew caught fire.
With one more injured person
succumbing to his injuries in hospital, the death toll in firing by
the police and the CRPF went up to four.
Eye-witnesses said the police and the
CRPF opened fire on protesters in Pampore area in the afternoon,
killing 20-year-old Nayeem Ahmad Shah and 18-year-old Tanveer Ahmad
and injuring several others, including a five-year-old girl. In
Khrew, a girl, Afroza, and a youth were killed in police firing.
Police said unruly mob attacked the station after the death of two
youths in nearby Pampore. A portion of the station, including the
ammunition depot, caught fire and four people were killed and 20
injured, some of them severely.
Reports of widespread violence and
clashes between unruly mobs and the security forces have also come
in from Zeewan, Nishat, Shah Mohalla Parimpora, Nowhatta, Rainawari
and Khanyar in Srinagar city where mobs defied curfew and attacked
security forces.
Violence has also been reported from Baramulla, Sopore, Naidkhai and
Ganderbal towns in the north and Galandar, Fraistabal, Barsoo,
Kadlabal, Khannabal, Pinglana, Sirigufwara and Anantnag town in the
south Kashmir area.
A senior police officer said unruly mobs have blocked the Jammu-Srinagar
national highway at Galandar, Frastabal, Barsoo, Kadlabal and
Pampore by felling trees and erecting obstructions,
On Friday, two people each were killed in north Kashmir's Sopore and
Pattan towns when security forces opened fire on violent protesters.
Two more protesters were shot dead Saturday in north Kashmir's
Baramulla and Bandipora districts.
CCS meeting
In New Delhi, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) Sunday
discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of renewed
violence in the Valley but did not take any decisions, an official
said.
"The meeting reviewed the overall scenario in the wake of the
violence but did not take any decisions," an official said, speaking
on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the
media.
Besides Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the CCS members included
Union Minister for Home Affairs P. Chidambaram, Union Defense
Minister A.K. Antony, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and
National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is also expected to visit
New Delhi where he will meet Chidambaram and possibly, the prime
minister, informed sources in Jammu said.
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