SRINAGAR: A 25-year-old man was killed and four were injured in firing allegedly by security forces during protests in Baramulla town of north Kashmir today.
Hundreds of residents of Baramulla town took to streets to protest what they alleged ransacking of their houses by the army in the area, official sources said.
The protesters pelted stones at the army personnel who allegedly opened fire to disperse them, they said.
Five persons were injured in the firing, the sources said adding one them later succumbed to injuries.
He was identified as 25-year-old Tahir Latief Sofi, they said. The condition of one of the injured was critical.
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