Indian troops, in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred five Kashmiri youth in Handwara on Wednesday during siege and search operations. Of those martyred three were killed in Zachaldara area while bodies of two were recovered from the debris of a house destroyed by troops in Laribal village. An official of the Indian Defence Ministry claimed that the martyred youth were members of a militant organisation.
The siege and search operation continued until filing of this report. Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani denounced the arrest spree by Indian police in Srinagar, Sopore and other areas of the occupied territory. He deplored that police was arresting innocent youth to pre-empt the 2010 like uprising in occupied Kashmir.
