Pellet firing in Kashmir; many injured

TIL Desk/National/Srinagar-A four-year-old from Srinagar has become the youngest victim of pellet firing by security forces during the quelling of protests that have hit the Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

The detail is part of an internal report compiled by doctors of Srinagar’s hospital which has stated that close to 90 per cent of those injured in pellet firing over a period of two weeks in Kashmir have suffered maximum injury in areas above the waist.

The report is likely to put security forces, including local police, in the dock as doctors had maintained that the nature of injuries imply the police action was not meant to control the mobs but to target them.

More than 400 patients for treatment. Out of the 400, a total of 171. According to the statistics offered in the report a staggering 149 patients have received injuries above their waist including in their eyes, face, chest, shoulder, neck, head and tongue.