Students clash with forces in north Kashmir’s Sopore
By Bilal Ahmad
Sopore: Clashes erupted between students and government forces after protesters tried to march on streets in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday noon.
According to eyewitnesses students of Govt Degree College Sopore staged a protest inside college campus against the killing of Ansar Gazwatul Hind (AGH) Cheif Zakir Musa last week.
“Students raised pro-freedom and pro-Azadi slogans inside campus and tried to come out on road,” they said.
As students tried to come on roads, forces deployed in the area swung into action and thwarted the rally that lead to clashes in the area.
Initial reports from the area suggest that some of the students have suffered injuries in police action.
Clashes were going on when last reports came in.