Complete shutdown in IHK against killing of 18 youth

ISLAMABAD: Complete shutdown was observed across the territory in the Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) on Monday against the killing of 18 Kashmiris by Indian forces during the past three days.

The call for the strike was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik and was supported by all Hurriyat leaders and organisations, including the High Court Bar Association of the territory.

The call was issued following the killing of 18 youth by the Indian forces in the garb of cordon and search operations and firing on protesters in Shopian and Pulwama, KMS reported. All shops and business establishments are closed while traffic is off the road in all small and major towns and cities of the occupied territory.

The JRL in its statement in Srinagar said that Indian occupation forces had crossed all limits of tyranny and were spilling the blood of innocent Kashmiris at will without any remorse. While paying rich tributes to martyrs who laid down their lives in Shopian, Bijbihara and Pampora during the past three days, the leaders said that Kashmir had been turned into a slaughter house where Indian forces were free to kill, maim, torture, vandalise and harass common people with the sole purpose of strengthening New Delhi’s military occupation.