Protests clashes with forces follow EID prayers in Kashmir, over 10 civilians injured

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Kashmir today witnessed clashes between security forces and civilians with reports of stone pelting coming in from areas of the valley. 10 civilians were injured in the clashes.

police had to fire teas gas shell in Srinagar, where two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)  jawans suffered injuries after being hit by stones. Heavy stone pelting was also seen in Pulwama.

Todays reports of violence come days after a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mohammed Ayub Pandith, was brutally stoned by outside the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar and a day after two militants were killed in a long, drawn-out encounter in Srinagar.

Pandith was in mufti at the time of the incident and was rounded up by an irate mob who suspected him of spying on civilians coming out of the mosque. The reports and clashes erupted soon after morning EID prayers.

Pandith's lynching was universally condemned in Kashmir.

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