Teenaged protester killed in Kashmir

A teenager was killed and four others injured today when security forces opened fire at protesters in a village on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway in Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.

A teenager was killed and four others injured on Monday when security forces opened fire at protesters in a village on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway in Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.

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The incident took place at Palahalan village, 35 km from Srinagar. The injured were shifted to Srinagar for medical care, police said.

The area was tense after the incident as villagers blocked traffic on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway.

With the death of the teenager, the number of people killed in the on-going unrest in the state which started here June 11, has risen to 66.