Amid a shutdown in Kashmir Valley, unknown persons lobbed a petrol bomb in north Kashmir’s Sopore town and set ablaze two auto-rickshaws and a school building apparently to enforce strict shutdown on a day when the Indian Army celebrated the anniversary of its first landing in Kashmir in 1948.
The separatists who are spearheading a shutdown and protests campaign in Kashmir Valley since July 8 when the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist BurhanWani was killed in an encounter in south Kashmir, had asked the people to observe strict shutdown on Thursday to protest against the Indian Army’s arrival in Kashmir. The separatists are issuing weekly protest calendars for shutdowns and rallies.
Unknown persons set ablaze a school building at Khag village in central district Budgam on Thursday evening. Police sources said that a primary school building was set ablaze by unknown miscreants. A spree of burning school buildings has erupted in the Valley. Around two dozen schools have been burnt down during the past three months.
Police said a petrol bomb was lobbed towards some handcarts near a State-run hospital in Sopore town of north Kashmir. An auto-rickshaw was set ablaze by unidentified persons in Saida Kadal area on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Thursday.