At least 10 people were injured on Saturday as clashes broke out between security forces and stone-pelters near an encounter site in Shopian district where five militants were killed during an overnight operation, police said.
Hundreds of protestors assembled near the encounter site at Kiloora village after the five militants were killed in a gunbattle and started pelting security forces with stones, a police official said.
He said the security forces fired pellets and live rounds in air to disperse the mob in the face of relentless stone-pelting.
Several people were injured in the security forces’ action, he said, adding that four of them had been referred to a hospital here for specialised treatment.
