Five Kashmiris killed in Pulwama

By News Desk

SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD: Indian troops killed five Kashmiris in a deadly operation in the Pulwama district of occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, where one soldier was killed in an attack earlier.

According to the Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the Kashmiri young men were killed during a violent cordon and search operation carried out in the Rajpora locality of Pulwama on Friday. An Indian soldier was killed in an attack in the same area earlier, according to foreign media, whose numbers slightly differed from KMS’ death toll. The operation was ongoing as the last reports came in.

Meanwhile, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter held a demonstration in front of Faisal Masjid in Islamabad against the unabated killing spree in the disputed territory.

The protesters held banners and placards with slogans against India and in favour of freedom. They were also chanting against Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir.

The Hurriyat leaders paid tribute to the dead and reiterated the pledge to continue liberation movement till it reaches its logical conclusion. They also strongly condemned day-to-day cordon and search operations in the occupied territory in which innocent Kashmiris, particularly the youth, are being killed by Indian forces.

The Hurriyat leaders maintained that India cannot break the will of Kashmiris by extrajudicial killings, arresting Hurriyat leaders and booking them under draconian laws.

They said that India is trying to suppress the Kashmiris’ voice for right to self-determination and freedom from India, but will never succeed in its sinister designs. India is also trying to turn the Muslim majority of occupied Kashmir into a minority as it is settling non-state people in the territory, they deplored.

They also demanded the immediate release of all illegally detained Hurriyat leaders and activists languishing in jails in view of the prevailing coronavirus pandemic.