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1,725 Kashmiris Suffered Injuries due to Pellet Guns: HRC

Srinagar(November 17, 2017):  In occupied Kashmir, more than 75 percent of those who suffered pellet injuries during mass uprising, triggered by the killing of popular youth leader, Burhan Wani, on 8th July 2016, belong to the northern districts, says a report submitted by the puppet authorities to the Human Rights Commission of the occupied territory.

As per the report, among the total 1,725 pellet casualties, 1,300 occurred in northern areas, with Sopore accounting for the highest 440 pellet victims in the Kashmir Valley which is more than the 261 pellet casualties in southern districts.Nearly 90 percent of the injured treated at the district hospitals were in the age group of 16-25 years. Pellets have rendered either one or both their eyes injured to the extent that their vision has been irreparably damaged.According to the data, pellets have blinded the highest number of people in Sopore (440) area of Baramulla district. On the first day of the unrest, 43 people were injured in the firing by the Indian forces in Sopore.In Baramulla town, 244 casualties have occurred, with six youngsters Asif Ahmad, Ajaz Ahmad Mir, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Azher Ahmad Dar, Shakeela Begum and Rayees Ahmad Butt blinded in both eyes.In Sheeri area of Baramulla district alone, pellets have damaged the eyes of 155 people and in Dangiwancha area of the same district, 99 people were hit by pellets, one of them, Khazir Muhammad Butt, had injuries in both eyes. In another northern district Kupwara, 48 people have been injured in the eye. In southern Kulgam district, 154 people have been injured in the eye.

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