A vehicle of Indian troops run over and killed a man during protest demonstration being held by a large number of people in Indian held Kashmir on Saturday as clash occurred between protesters government forces.
Srinagar, (Pakistan Point News - 5th May, 2018) : A vehicle of Indian troops run over and killed a man during protest demonstration being held by a large number of people in Indian held Kashmir on Saturday as clash occurred between protesters government forces. Anti-India protests and clashes followed fighting at several places that erupted as troops cordoned off a neighborhood in Srinagar on a tip that militants were hiding there, police said. As the trapped rebels and government troops traded gunfire, hundreds of residents in solidarity with the rebels tried to march to the gunbattle site and threw rocks at the troops in order to help the militants escape.
They chanted pro-rebel slogans such as "Go India, go back" and "We want freedom." Police and paramilitary soldiers fired shotgun pellets and tear gas to stop the protesters. At least two protesters were injured. Police said they were investigating the death of the man, who succumbed to injuries at a hospital after a vehicle of Indian troops ran over him during the protests.
