Four youth injured in clashes

Four youth suffered pellet injuries as intermittent clashes between stone pelting protesters and law enforcing agencies continued for the third day in Qoimoh area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district where a Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed on Sunday.
The youth were injured when security forces fired pellet guns and burst tear gas shells to disperse stone-pelting protesters during a clash at village Khudwani, 57 km from here, a police officer said.
He said while Rouf, Sayeed Ashiq and Tufail Dar suffered injuries in their eyes, Ayan Ahmad received injuries in the abdomen.
All the four youth were evacuated to different hospitals and are undergoing treatment, the officer said.

Hizbul Mujahideen militant Dawood Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Qoimoh, was killed in an encounter with security forces during search operations at village Buchroo on Sunday evening, triggering clashes in the area.