Srinagar, April 03: A picture of ‘Kalima’ or the Muslim declaration of faith scribbled by a dying militant with his blood on the wall of a house during Sunday’s Shopian gunfight has gone viral on social media. The ‘kalima’ written on the wall of a house owned by Niyaz Ahmad Lone was noticed by locals […]
Archives for April 3, 2018
Another youth critically injured in Kangan clashes, referred to SKIMS
Srinagar: Amir Hamid Lone (22) son of Abdul Hamid Lone, a resident of Chuturgul Kangan was critically injured in Kangan clashes which erupted soon after the succumbing of Gowhar Ahmad Rather at SKIMS on Tuesday. Dr Faroz Ahmad, who treated Amir at Trauma hospital Kangan told Kashmir Reader that he was continuously bleeding. He had […]
Family of 13 trapped in house entire night is now homeless
Kachdora (Shopian): The double-storey house of Abdul Rehman Lone was among the two houses blasted apart by government forces during the 15-hour gunfight at Kachdoora village in which five militants and three army soldiers were killed. One of Lone’s sons said that the 13-member family was trapped for the entire night in the house while […]
‘He was playing a final match when Army targeted him’
Srinagar: Muneeb Ahmad, 15, who was injured in army firing in Rai-Kapran village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, is battling for life at the Intensive Care Unit of SMHS Hospital. Muneeb Ahmad son of Abdul Majeed of Gopalpora village in Shopian has received bullet on backside leaving behind a shattered liver and seriously […]
Pellet victims’ blurry path to recovery drains families
Shopian, April 03: As government forces continue to use pellets on civilian protestors in Kashmir, many of the old victims wonder if they would be able to live normal lives, ever, again. Sahil Hameed Bhat, a resident of Bonbazar area of Shopian town is restricted to his room for the last six months after he […]
Shutdown, restrictions continue in Kashmir; Death toll 18
Srinagar, April 03: One more youth injured in the firing of Indian troops on protesters, yesterday, succumbed to his injuries, today, raising the death toll in the ongoing massacre to 18. Complete shutdown continued on the third consecutive day, today, to mourn the massacre of youth in South Kashmir. The shutdown was also observed in […]
Shopian killings aftermath: Injured Kangan youth succumbs
Srinagar: Gowhar Ahmed Rather, a 22-year old youth who was admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura in a critical condition on Monday has succumbed to his injuries. Greater Kashmir while quoting the Medical Superintendent of SKIMS, Dr Farooq Jan, confirmed the death. The police had claimed that Rather got injured during a police […]
17-year shot while playing cricket battling for life
Srinagar, Apr 02: The 17-year-old Muneeb Wani on Sunday had left his home early morning to play cricket in a local playground in Shopian, which was just at a distance of four kilometres from the encounter site. A day later, on Monday, Muneeb is now battling for his life at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) […]
Kashmir: Civilian’s death leaves behind a wailing wife, toddler
Shopian, April 02:The death of one of the civilians in the shootout at Kachdoora in South Kashmir area Shopian has left a family devastated. He left behind a toddler and a young widow. Mohammad Iqbal Bhat,30, a resident of Khasipora villge of Shopian, who died at SKIMS after he was hit by bullets near encounter […]
Police firing inside D H Shopian is a great shame: DAK
Srinagar April 03:Dr Suhail Naik, President Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) said indiscriminate firing inside District Hospital Shopian by Jammu Kashmir Police is a great shame. He said that Jammu Kashmir policemen barged into the hospital and fired indiscriminately to retrieve a dead body. He said that in addition to this dastardly act they also damaged […]
