KASHMIR SHUT FOR SECOND DAY OVER CIVILIAN DEATHS

SRINAGAR: Life remained at a standstill in Kashmir on Monday, a day after 10 people — five militants and an equal number of civilians — were killed in the southern district of Shopian.

Although the civil secretariat opened in the state’s summer capital of Srinagar, its roads and markets wore a deserted look following a strike call issued by separatists. Commercial establishments remained closed, and the government shut educational establishments to prevent students from flooding the streets in protest.

The authorities also imposed restrictions in half of the city, and put up barricades as well as concertina wires in view of a protest march called by separatists.

The valley was shut down on Sunday as well to protest the death of a youngster under a police vehicle in Noorbagh the previous day. Mobile Internet services have been suspended since Saturday.

Police said restrictions have been imposed in the jurisdictions of seven police stations besides Pulwama and Shopian towns.

the holed up terrorists by bringing down the building itself.

The National Security Guards will use state-of-the-art weapons including “through the wall” radars, sniper rifles and corner shot assault weapons, and demolition experts trained for such interventions.