An 18-year-old boy was killed and another person injured in alleged firing by security forces on a group of stone-pelters in Beerwah area of Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said on Friday.
A group of people started pelting stones on vehicles of 53 Rashtriya Rifles of the Army in Beerwah town in the afternoon, a police official said.
He said the soldiers allegedly opened fire to chase away the stone-pelters.
One of the injured, identified as Tanveer Ahmad Wani, succumbed to injuries while another was hospitalised, the official said.
The situation in Beerwah town and adjoining areas is tense following the killing of the teenage boy, he added.
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