Police post attacked, 2 pickets set ablaze, 10 injured
Srinagar: Two police posts were set ablaze at Lalpora by angry protesters demanding the bodies of seven alleged militants who were killed in Lolab forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Monday evening. Reports reaching GNS said that thousands of people gathered outside police post Lalpora and staged strong protests against the killing of 7 militants.
Angry protesters demanding the bodies of the militants stormed the police post and set ablaze two pickets. The forces lobbed teargas canisters and fired aerial shots to disperse the protesters resulting in injuries to 10 persons including two cops and 3 Photo Journalists. Violent clashes are on, reports said (GNS)