16-Yr-Old Boy Dies of Pellet Wounds in Clashes in J&K’s Pulwama

The victim Mohammad Younis was brought to hospital in Srinagar with critical pellet injuries in the chest.

A Kashmiri protester throws a stone towards police during a strike called by separatist groups against the killings in south Kashmir. Image used for representation.

(Photo: Reuters)

A 16-year-old boy died on Wednesday after suffering pellet injuries during clashes between protestors and security forces that broke near the site of an encounter in Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir where three militants were killed.

Mohammad Younis was brought to the SMHS hospital in Srinagar with critical pellet injuries in the chest, a police official said.

He said the teenager succumbed to injuries at the hospital.

Younis was injured during the clashes between protesters and security forces near the encounter site at Gulabbagh where three local militants were killed.

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