Protests broke out in north Kashmir’s Handwara in Kupwara district on Thursday after the Army allegedly opened fire near a mosque, injuring two persons, following an altercation with worshippers.
Abdul Ahad Mir from Rajwar and Mujeeb Ahmad Sofi from Handwara suffered injuries in their lower limbs in the ‘firing’ incident. “Both the injured were shifted to hospital and their condition is stable,” an official said.
Initial reports suggested that there was a heated argument between soldiers and locals at the Jamia Jadeed Main Chowk. The locals, eyewitnesses said, objected to the filming of the noon prayers by the Army inside the mosque. “In the meantime, gunshots were heard,” they said.
