Srinagar, October 30, 2018 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, a journalist was injured after he was hit by pellets fired by Indian troops during anti-India demonstrations in Shopian district, today.
People took to the streets when the troops launched a cordon and search operation following an attack on a forces’ party in Memander area of the district. The troops used brute force and fired pellets and teargas shells to disperse the protesters, triggering clashes in the area.
A journalist, Aijaz Ahmed Dar, who works as a videographer with a New Delhi-based TV channel, was injured was hit by the pellets. He was shifted to district hospital Shopian for treatment where a doctor said that he had suffered pellet injuries in his head and neck.
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