20 injured in Shopian clashes

SRINAGAR,  (PTK): At least twenty protesters were injured in clashes with the government forces near the site of a gunfight in Kiloora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday.

Reports said that youth took to streets and clashed with the forces deployed in the village to disrupt the ongoing operation against the militants trapped inside a residential house.

Five militants have been killed in the ongoing operation so far, army said. An official said the identity of the slain militants is being ascertained. (PTK)