This Article is From Sep 18, 2010

Kashmir: Three killed, 12 injured in fresh clashes

Kashmir: Three killed, 12 injured in fresh clashes
Srinagar: The Kashmir unrest continues. Three people were killed in violence that erupted on Saturday.

During the day, one person was killed and 12 others were injured in firing in south Kashmir town of Anantnag. The violence erupted during the funeral procession of a student.

Bilal Ahmad Najaar, who is the district president of the youth wing of People's Democratic Party, was also injured in the clashes on Saturday. Police say, he was involved in incidents of stone pelting and attack on the house of a political leader earlier on Saturday morning.

In another firing incident, two people were killed in north Kashmir's Pattan. Police say the crowd tried to block Srinagar-Baramulla highway and resorted to stone pelting .

With these two deaths, the number of people killed in the Valley unrest has gone up to 100 in the last three months.

Meanwhile, coming as a short breather, curfew in some parts of Srinagar was relaxed for a few hours while it continued in the rest of the Valley.
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