Eight civilians injured in clashes during ongoing J&K gunfight
Srinagar, June 29: Eight civilian protesters were injured on Friday in clashes with the security forces during an ongoing gunfight between holed-up militants and the security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
A mob of stone-pelting protesters clashed with the security forces as they tried to disrupt the security operations in Thamuna village of Pulwama, leading to eight civilians getting injured, one of them by a gunshot, a police officer said.
A civilian, identified as Rouf Ahmad, sustained the gunshot injury and has been brought to a hospital here, sources said.
Security forces had surrounded Thamuna village following intelligence inputs about the presence of a group of militants there, and as the cordon was tightened, the hiding militants opened fired, sparking of the gunfight.
As a precautionary measure, authorities suspended mobile Internet services in Pulwama to check spread of rumours.
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Man dies as fishing boat capsizes off Kochi
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Kochi (PTI): A man died and five others were rescued after a fishing boat capsized off Puthuvypeen here on Saturday, coastal police said.
According to police, the fishing boat St Xavier capsized near Puthuvypeen soon after it set out at around 5 am.
A rescue operation was immediately launched and all the crew members were pulled out of the water by fishermen in another boat, they said.
However, one of the fishermen, identified as Renjan (62) of Neerkunnam in Alappuzha district, sustained injuries and was shifted to a hospital where he later died, police added.
Police said the reason for the mishap could not be immediately ascertained.
An attempt to recover the boat will be launched soon, they said.
Statements of the rescued fishermen are being recorded as part of the investigation.
A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Fort Kochi Coastal Police Station.
The body of the deceased was handed over to relatives after the postmortem.
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