{"id":13570,"date":"2018-12-16T09:09:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=13570"},"modified":"2018-12-16T09:09:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:39:03","slug":"adgp-defends-indiscriminate-firing-at-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=13570","title":{"rendered":"ADGP defends indiscriminate firing at protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

57 civilians killed near gunfight sites in Kashmir this year<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Srinagar: The killing of seven civilians in forces firing near encounter site at Sirnoo area of south Kashmir\u2019s Pulwama district on Saturday has taken the civilian death toll near gunfight sites in Kashmir this year to 57.<\/i>
\nIn last eleven months of this year, 50 civilian casualties were reported near encounter sites, most of them in south Kashmir.<\/i>
\nSeven civilians were killed in forces firing on protesters during clashes near gunfight site at Sirnoo on Saturday.<\/i>
\nSuch a huge civilian causalities in a day during clashes near gunbattle site has happened for the first time in Kashmir this year.<\/i>
\nEarlier, on October 21 seven civilians were killed in a powerful blast when they were clearing debris post gunfight at Laroo village of Kulgam district.<\/i>
\nThere has been no end to civilians protests near gunfight sites especially in south Kashmir\u2014the hot belt of militancy\u2014spread across four districts, Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag.<\/i>
\nIn November, of total eight civilian causalities in Kashmir, two were killed near gunfight sites, while remaining were killed in different circumstances including cross firing and unknown gunmen.<\/i>
\nIn October, 14 civilians were killed in different militancy-related incidents. However, none of them was killed in clashes post any gunfight between militant and forces.<\/i>
\nAttempts by protesters to gather near gunfights and stone pelting on forces during anti-militancy operations to help militants escape from forces dragnet is seen as major reason for civilian killings at encounter sites.<\/i>
\nAdditional Director General of Police (ADGP) Law and Order and Security, Munir Ahmad Khan told that that the gunfight at Sirnoo was not confined to a \u201csatellite zone\u201d as the gunfight took place in open orchards.<\/i>
\nThe \u201csatellite zone\u201d, Khan defined as the place like residential area where militants are holed up and anti-militancy operation is launched.<\/i>
\n\u201cThe militants fired from different directions in an orchard. So satellite zone could not be created and miscreants took advantage of it and on provocation of over ground workers, the civilians came near the gunfight site which resulted into civilians killings,\u201d Khan claimed.<\/i>
\nDenying use of indiscriminate firing on protesters near the gunfight site, ADGP law and order said the civilians entered into the gunfight zone from all the four sides when the firing between militants and forces was on.<\/i>
\n\u201cWe have been appealing people not to come near gunfight sites,\u201d Khan said.<\/i>
\nMajor incidents<\/i>
\nDec 15: Seven civilians killed in forces action during clashes post gunfight at Sirnoo area of Pulwama.<\/i>
\nOct 21: Seven civilians killed in a blast when people were clearing debris post gunfight at Laroo village of Kulgam.<\/i>
\nMay 6: Six civilians killed in clashes post gunfight at Badigam village in Shopian district.<\/i>
\nApril 11: Four civilians were killed in forces action on protesters near gunbattle site in Khudwani area of Kulgam district.<\/i>
\nApril 1: Four civilians were also killed during clashes near gunfight sites at Draged and Kachdoora villages of Shopian.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

57 civilians killed near gunfight sites in Kashmir this year Srinagar: The killing of seven civilians in forces firing near encounter site at Sirnoo area of south Kashmir\u2019s Pulwama district on Saturday has taken the civilian death toll near gunfight sites in Kashmir this year to 57. In last eleven months of this year, 50 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}