Man injured in Shopian clashes dies in hospital, civilian death toll rises to 6

Iqbal Bhat, who sustained a bullet injury in the abdomen, succumbed to injuries at SHMS Hospital in Srinagar on Monday morning, a police official said.

india Updated: May 08, 2018 15:04 IST

People look on the damaged house where militants were hiding, at Badigam in Shopian district of south Kashmir.(PTI Photo)

The civilian death toll in Sunday’s clashes between protestors and security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir climbed to six after a youth succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Iqbal Bhat, who sustained a bullet injury in the abdomen, succumbed to injuries at SHMS Hospital in Srinagar this morning, a police official said.

He said the body of the deceased youth was taken by his relatives to his native Nagbal area of Shopian for last rites.

Five civilians died on Sunday during clashes between protestors and security forces near an encounter site in Shopian while several others were injured.

Five militants including top Hibzul Mujahideen commander Saddam Padder and Kashmir University professor Mohammad Rafi Bhat were killed in a gunbattle with security forces on Sunday.