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Photos: Families charge brutality by security forces in Kashmir

India's national security advisor Ajit Doval said on Saturday that apart from a "vocal minority" egged on by Pakistan, a "majority" of Kashmiris support the August 5 move of abrogating Article 370 and bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir state into two union territories. However, despite restrictions on movement that were reinforced this week, there have been protests and stone-throwing incidents. Last month AFP spoke to relatives of three people they alleged have died as a result of the actions of security forces, including a mother-of-two after a tear gas canister smashed through her window.

Updated on: Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM IST

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A paramilitary soldier stands guard atop a hill overlooking Srinagar city. Despite restrictions on movement in place over this past month; reinforced this week, there have been reports of protests and stone-throwing incidents in the Kashmir valley. According to multiple sources, several thousand people have been detained. They include almost all the region’s top politicians -- without charge. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

A paramilitary soldier stands guard atop a hill overlooking Srinagar city. Despite restrictions on movement in place over this past month; reinforced this week, there have been reports of protests and stone-throwing incidents in the Kashmir valley. According to multiple sources, several thousand people have been detained. They include almost all the region’s top politicians -- without charge. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Burhan Nazir Parrey, 16, has a wound in his shoulder the size of a cricket ball. He is one of the lucky ones. Parrey told AFP that on a walk with a friend on August 6, a CRPF soldier put the barrel of a pellet-firing shotgun to his body and “fired a shell right into my right shoulder.” Then one of the soldiers “put his boot on my shoulder and pushed the shell further inside”, he said. (Parvaiz Bukhari / AFP)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

Burhan Nazir Parrey, 16, has a wound in his shoulder the size of a cricket ball. He is one of the lucky ones. Parrey told AFP that on a walk with a friend on August 6, a CRPF soldier put the barrel of a pellet-firing shotgun to his body and “fired a shell right into my right shoulder.” Then one of the soldiers “put his boot on my shoulder and pushed the shell further inside”, he said. (Parvaiz Bukhari / AFP)

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Only when some women started shouting did the soldiers leave and neighbours took Parrey to hospital. According to his father Nazir Ahmad, doctors located “more than 400 pellets” in his torso. Medical records seen by AFP showed that “multiple pellets and one plastic canister” were removed. CRPF Inspector General Zulfiqar Hassan said there was “no report or record of this incident” but would launch an inquiry -- if the boy filed a report. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

Only when some women started shouting did the soldiers leave and neighbours took Parrey to hospital. According to his father Nazir Ahmad, doctors located “more than 400 pellets” in his torso. Medical records seen by AFP showed that “multiple pellets and one plastic canister” were removed. CRPF Inspector General Zulfiqar Hassan said there was “no report or record of this incident” but would launch an inquiry -- if the boy filed a report. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Locals accuse security forces of being responsible for four deaths since the lockdown on August 5. On August 25, the governor of Jammu and Kashmir state, Satya Pal Malik (C), said there had not been a “single case of killing” in the previous 10 days. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

Locals accuse security forces of being responsible for four deaths since the lockdown on August 5. On August 25, the governor of Jammu and Kashmir state, Satya Pal Malik (C), said there had not been a “single case of killing” in the previous 10 days. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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A Kashmiri man holds stones during clashes with security forces, in Srinagar on August 23. The same day as Malik’s statement, police said that a truck driver was killed on August 25 after being hit by a stone hurled by protestors. Internet and mobile phones also remain cut off in the valley. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday she is “deeply concerned”. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

A Kashmiri man holds stones during clashes with security forces, in Srinagar on August 23. The same day as Malik’s statement, police said that a truck driver was killed on August 25 after being hit by a stone hurled by protestors. Internet and mobile phones also remain cut off in the valley. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday she is “deeply concerned”. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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Relatives next to the grave of Asrar Khan in Srinagar. Last week Khan, 17, became the latest fatality when he died in hospital on September 3, a month after being seriously injured. Khan was playing cricket near his home on August 6 when soldiers fired at him, his mother told AFP. Senior army officer Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon told reporters on September 4 that Khan was hit by protestors throwing stones. (Danish Ismail / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

Relatives next to the grave of Asrar Khan in Srinagar. Last week Khan, 17, became the latest fatality when he died in hospital on September 3, a month after being seriously injured. Khan was playing cricket near his home on August 6 when soldiers fired at him, his mother told AFP. Senior army officer Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon told reporters on September 4 that Khan was hit by protestors throwing stones. (Danish Ismail / REUTERS)

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“A CRPF vehicle stopped near the edge of the park and fired a tear gas shell straight at his head,” Shaheena (2nd L), Khan’s mother said as she cried in her home. “I saw him fall and then they (soldiers) fired pellets on him. “Khan’s hospital records, seen by AFP, showed he suffered “severe traumatic brain injury” and cited “pellet injury with shell blast injury” as the cause of death. (Parvaiz Bukhari / AFP)

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“A CRPF vehicle stopped near the edge of the park and fired a tear gas shell straight at his head,” Shaheena (2nd L), Khan’s mother said as she cried in her home. “I saw him fall and then they (soldiers) fired pellets on him. “Khan’s hospital records, seen by AFP, showed he suffered “severe traumatic brain injury” and cited “pellet injury with shell blast injury” as the cause of death. (Parvaiz Bukhari / AFP)

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On Saturday the government appeared to row back on Dhillon’s statement, saying the cause of death was a “hard and blunt object” -- but without saying what. Khan’s father Firdous Ahmad, showing a photo and X-ray of his son’s face, said Dillon was “lying” and there were no protests the day he was hurt. “My son will not come back, but I want the world to know the truth and see what is being done to our children in Kashmir,” Ahmad told AFP. (Family Handout / AFP)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 2:48 PM

On Saturday the government appeared to row back on Dhillon’s statement, saying the cause of death was a “hard and blunt object” -- but without saying what. Khan’s father Firdous Ahmad, showing a photo and X-ray of his son’s face, said Dillon was “lying” and there were no protests the day he was hurt. “My son will not come back, but I want the world to know the truth and see what is being done to our children in Kashmir,” Ahmad told AFP. (Family Handout / AFP)

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