25 injured in Srinagar violence

Tension gripped Srinagar again after the official I-Day function passed off peacefully as 25 people were injured, including some in firing when a mob attacked a CRPF bunker.Full coverage

Tension gripped this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir again on Friday hours after the official Independence Day celebrations passed off peacefully when 25 people were injured, including some in firing, when an unruly mob attacked a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker. Three local cameramen were among the injured.

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The mob attacked a CRPF bunker in Habba Kadal of the old city area in Srinagar on Friday afternoon.

“Five people have been admitted here with bullet injuries,” doctors at the SMHS hospital in Srinagar said.

Police, however, maintained that the CRPF had fired only in the air to disperse the mob.

“Only two people have been reported to have sustained bullet injuries, both of whom are out of danger. The rest of the injured sustained injuries in baton charge and tear smoke shelling,” a senior police official said.

Three local cameramen covering the incident were also injured when the mob clashed with the CRPF troopers.

After the incident, some people started taking out procession in different parts of the city.

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 300 injured, including policemen, in the violence that has erupted in the city for almost two months in the wake of the Amarnath land transfer row.