In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders and rights activists while paying glowing tributes to the victims of Sopore massacre have said that the deteriorating situation in the territory warrants an international intervention on the Kashmir dispute.

Over 60 civilians were martyred and more than 350 shops and residential houses were gutted on this day in 1993 after Indian soldiers set the Sopore town ablaze.

The APHC leaders Syed Bashir Andrabi, Khawaja Firdous, Abdul Ahad Parra, Shabbir Ahmad Dar, Zamruda Habib, Yasmeen Raja, Farida Bahenji and human rights activist Muhammad Ahsan Untoo in their statements condemned India for committing Sopore-like massacres in the territory over the past three decades.

Meanwhile, complete shutdown was observed in Sopore, today, to mark the 29th anniversary of the deadliest massacre.

On the other hand, APHC-AJK at a meeting in Islamabad called upon the international community to hold India accountable for giving a license to kill innocent Kashmiris at free will.