One civilian was killed on Tuesday evening and another injured after security personnel fired on a mob who had attacked the vehicle of an official on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said.
A mob attacked the vehicle of Additional District Magistrate, Ramban at Lethpora on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday evening while he was on his way to Ramban in Jammu regionSenior police official
According to agency reports, the armed guard of the magistrate fired to save the officer who barely escaped with his life after the mob torched his vehicle.
The death of the Kashmiri youth comes at a time when conditions in the valley were slightly returning towards normalcy, but Tuesday’s incident could see tension gripping Pampora, Lethpora and other adjacent areas again.
Kashmir has faced intense violence in the aftermath of the Burhan Wani encounter. In the past couple of weeks, situation in the valley hit a new low with the number of civilian deaths rising to 50, and close to 3000 people sustaining injuries.
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