Srinagar: A 10-year-old boy from Shopian on Thursday succumbed to injuries suffered by him after an unexploded explosive device went off in the southern Kashmir district last week.
Musharaf Fayaz son of Fayaz Ahmad Najar of Datmudoor village suffered multiple head injuries on January 25 after the device went off. The device, sources said had been collected by the boy near an encounter site in Chaigund village of the district. Two local militants along with a civilian youth Shakir Ahmad Mir were killed while two girls sustained injuries during the gun battle.
Sources said Musharraf succumbed to injuries at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura in the wee hours on Thursday.
With Musharaff’s death, the civilian death toll in Shopian has reached five in a week. On January 27, army firing left two youth—Javed Ahmad Bhat (20) of Balpora and Suhail Javed Lone(24) of Rawalpora Shopian dead while third one, Rayees Ahmad Ganie of Narpora suffered serious wounds and succumbed to them on Wednesday at SKIMS.
Police has filed an FIR against an army unit on charges of murder and attempt to murder over shooting of the civilians even as ruling PDP-led government has ordered a magisterial probe into the killings. Army has maintained that they opened fire in “self-defence”.
Meanwhile, Shutdown continued for the eighth straight day in Shopian district where authorities suspended internet services since January 25.
