Another youth killed in Kashmir firing, toll 91

SRINAGAR - A 22-year-old youth was killed in firing by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district Friday, taking to 91 the toll of those who lost their lives in the ongoing unrest in the valley since June 11.

The trouble started after a vehicle of the security forces was subjected to heavy stone pelting at Gotpora village in Badgam district, 20 km from here, police said.

“The occupants of the vehicle fired at the mob, injuring four people. Two of them sustained critical injuries and were immediately shifted to a hospital in Srinagar,” an official said.

Fayaz Ahmad, 22, succumbed to injuries in the hospital, he added.

Doctors are battling to save the life of the other person, identified as Muhammad Rafiq, who also sustained critical bullet injuries in the incident, hospital source said here.

All major towns in the Kashmir Valley are under indefinite curfew.