Boy killed in police firing

By Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR, SEPT. 1. A young boy was killed and six persons were injured when police opened fire at a procession taken out to protest the failure of the Power Development Department to restore power supply in Tappar village, Pattan, on the Srinagar- Baramulla national highway. Reports said the villagers took to the streets because the department did not repair the transformer which had developed a technical snag. They marched to the highway half a km away and assembled there with the intention of blocking it.

However, police immediately swung into action, resorting to lathicharge and using tear smoke shells. Later, they opened fire, following which the boy, Shabir Ahmed Bhat, died on the spot. A woman, Latifa, was injured. Five policemen were also injured in their scuffle with the protesters.

PTI, UNI report:

Panic gripped Habbak, on Srinagar's outskirts, when militants triggered a series of improvised explosive devices. However, there were no casualties, official sources said.A top leader of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, was arrested by police in Srinagar this afternoon. Mr. Aziz, also chairman, People's League, was picked up when he was on his way to see a relative at the SMHS hospital. He was detained at the Karan Nagar police station.

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