Burhan Wani

more than 200 persons, including 96 security personnel

Amarnath Yatra

Kashmir violence: 15 killed during protests, curfew imposed

SRINAGAR: A youth was on Sunday killed in fresh clashes between locals, protesting the gunning down of Hizbul Mujhaideen poster boy, and security forces in Pulwama district, taking the death toll to 16 in the violence which also left 200 people injured.An 18-year-old youth was critically injured in clashes between protestors and security forces at Newa in Pulwama this morning, a police official said.Irfan Ahmad Malik was rushed to SMHS hospital here but succumbed to his injuries, he said.Four persons who were injured in the violent clashes yesterday succumbed to injuries during the night, the official said.Violent protests broke out in most parts of Kashmir — with the south districts of Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam being the worst hit.As per consolidated information available now,, were injured in the day long clashes during which the mobs set on fire three police installations, three civil administration offices, the house of a PDP MLA, several vehicles and targeted a BJP office.Meanwhile, curfew-like restrictions continued in parts of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure for the second day today.Normal life across Valley remained paralysed due to a strike called by separatist groups to protest the killings.Separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, continue to be under house arrest while Mohammad Yasin Malik is also under preventive detention., which was suspended from Jammu on Saturday, was resumed.Wani, a Hizbul Mujahideen commander, and two others were killed on Friday when security forces retaliated after being fired upon by the trio from a house in which they were hiding.Mobile internet services were suspended and and a curfew was imposed across the Valley to contain the fallout of Wani's killing.Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review the law and order situation in J&K. Home Secretary Anil Goswami, Joint Secretary (Kashmir division) Gyanesh Kumar, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Chief Dineshwar Sharma and senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials were present at the meeting being held at Rajnath's residence here.