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Kashmir Turns Tense After The Death Of Three Militants And A Civilian In Fresh Violence
Swarajya Staff
Dec 08, 2016, 08:55 PM | Updated 08:55 PM IST
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A civilian was killed in one of the clashes that erupted between protesters and security forces in parts of Kashmir today (8 December). The clashes came after the death of three militants in a shootout in the south of the valley that was limping to normalcy after months of a bloody unrest since July.
The state police said Arif Amin Shah of Sangam village in south Kashmir was killed after a mob threw stones at security forces in a neighbourhood, some distance away from a village where three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in a six-hour gunfight.
An officer told IANS that the slain militants were all Kashmiris and apparently belonged to southern Kashmir, where widespread clashes erupted between security forces and civilians after news spread about the militants' deaths.
Clashes also erupted at a dozen places in Anantnag and Kulgam - the worst hit south Kashmir districts in the unrest triggered by the 8 July killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
With inputs from IANS
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