Up in arms: Students clash with police in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. more-inAt least 30 students were injured in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday when a police checkpoint came under heavy stone pelting, sparking clashes and use of force by security forces. A police spokesman said a naka (barricade), established around 200 metres away from the Degree College, Pulwama, was set up in the day. “As the classwork ended in the college, some miscreants started pelting stones at the naka. 50 students treatedMedical superintendent of the Pulwama Hospital, Dr. Abdul Rashid Parra said, “Over 50 students were treated.”Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Pulwama, Rayees Muhammad Bhat, however, confirmed injuries to 30 students.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2017 17:25 UTC