Srinagar (March 12, 2018): According to the local and international media, Indian troops killed three Kashmiri youths, in held Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Monday, triggering widespread protests in the region.
Indian forces conducted a pre-dawn raid on a cluster of homes in a village in Anantnag on a tip that militants were hiding there and came under fire from them, police said.
The local news agencies reported that, those killed were identified as Eesa Fazli from Srinagar, and Syed Owais and Sabzar Ahmad Sofi from Anantnag district.
As the news of the killings spread, protests and clashes against Indian rule broke out in several parts of the region.
Officials ordered schools closed on Monday and clamped a curfew on some parts of Srinagar, the urban centre of protests and clashes against Indian rule, and Islamabad district in held Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the authorities placed Hurriyat Forum Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house detention at his Nigeen residence and arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik from his Maisuma residence to prevent them from leading any protests against the killings.
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