SRINAGAR, APR 18 (DNA) – In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred four Kashmiri youth in Shopian and Kishtwar districts, today.

The troops martyred two youth each during cordon and search operations at Dairoo Keegam in Shopian and in Dachan area of Kishtwar. The operations in both the areas continued till last reports came in.

The spokesman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in a statement in Srinagar said that at a time when prisoners were being released across the world to save them from coronavirus, India continued to subject the illegally detained Kashmiris to political vengeance by prolonging their detention.

He appealed to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, world powers and human rights bodies to ensure the release of incarcerated Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders.

Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League and the Jammu and Kashmir Youth Social Forum in their statements said that the Kashmiri people would not allow the sacrifices of their Kashmiri martyrs go waste and would accomplish their mission at all cost.

A 70-year-old person died of coronavirus at Soura Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar, today, raising the number of such deaths in the occupied territory to five. =DNA

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