{"id":32356,"date":"2020-08-31T13:30:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=32356"},"modified":"2020-08-31T13:30:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T08:00:54","slug":"many-injured-in-srinagar-amid-muharram-curbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=32356","title":{"rendered":"Many injured in Srinagar amid Muharram curbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Officials have disallowed Muharram processions<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Two patients may lose sight at least in one eye<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hemmed in: A boy looking out from his house as a soldier stands guard during restrictions in Srinagar, on Saturday.\" src=\"https:\/\/th.thgim.com\/news\/national\/u12qoh\/article32481350.ece\/alternates\/FREE_435\/TH30KASHMIR\">Hemmed in: A boy looking out from his house as a soldier stands guard during restrictions in Srinagar, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Many mourners were injured in tear-gas shelling and pellet shotgun firing on Sunday as the authorities disallowed traditional Muharram processions in Srinagar and imposed strict restrictions. At least three policemen suffered injuries in the clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clashes broke out in Zadibal, Sazgari Pora, Hawal and Alamgari Bazar after the security forces disallowed the Muharram processions and used smoke shells and pellets to disperse the Shia Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne mourner was hit by pellets from a very close range in the Zadibal area and was hospitalised,\u201d said an official in a local hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many hit by pellets were locally treated in dispensaries. \u201cThree youths were hit by pellets and were treated locally to avoid police action,\u201d a local from Hawal told&nbsp;<em>The Hindu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>About seven youths were hit by pellets in the upper body parts, including eyes, on Saturday in the Bemina area during clashes with the security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwo patients may lose sight at least in one eye,\u201d a doctor at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Three policemen were injured in the clashes, a police official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mourners traditionally organise processions in the old city\u2019s Zadibal area on 10th Muharram to recall and remember the sacrifices made by Muslims 1,400 years ago during the battle of Karbala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>All roads in Shia majority areas in the old city were sealed after the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, recently decided to reimpose restrictions on religious gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there was no violence as Shia Muslims organised smaller processions in Baramulla and Budgam districts in the Valley as per traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>With inputs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/many-injured-as-shia-mourners-clash-with-police\/article32481351.ece\">The Hindu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials have disallowed Muharram processions Two patients may lose sight at least in one eye Hemmed in: A boy looking out from his house as a soldier stands guard during restrictions in Srinagar, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AP Many mourners were injured in tear-gas shelling and pellet shotgun firing on Sunday as the authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32356","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\/32356","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=32356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32356\/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=32356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}