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Kashmir college students clash with security forces in Srinagar
Clashes between group of protesting students and security forces broke out here on Monday resulting in heavy lobbing of stone pelting and tear gas shells. A group of students from the S.P. College blocked the Maulana Azad road in Srinagar to protest against the army’s action on students in Pulwama on Saturday in which more than two dozen students got injured.
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Clashes broke out between security forces and agitating students near a college in Srinagar on Monday. (Tauseef Mustafa/ AFP)
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A group of students were holding a protest rally near Sri Pratap (SP) College on Moulana Azad road close to the Lal Chowk city centre this morning. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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Kashmiri college students shout pro-freedom slogans during a protest inside a college in central Srinagar's Lal Chowk . (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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When the security forces asked the protesters to disperse but they did not budge and started pelting stones on the forces, leading to clashes, a police official said. (Tauseef Mustafa / AP)
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Security forces used tear smoke shells to chase away the protesters, the official said, adding that clashes were going on when the last reports came in. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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Police and CRPF personnel stand guard during restrictions imposed by the government authorities and strike call given by Hurriyat Conference following the killing of a youth, in Batamaloo. (S Irfan / PTI)
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Kashmiri students clash with Indian government forces near a college in central Srinagar's Lal Chowk. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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Students’ groups had called for protests against the “brutality perpetrated by forces on students” of Degree College Pulwama in south Kashmir, where clashes with security forces left many injured last week. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
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