In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred six more Kashmiri youth in Shopian and Pulwama districts on Friday, taking the number of martyred youth in the territory to eight since yesterday.

During cordon and search operations, the troops martyred four youth at Bandpawa Chitragam in Shopian and two others inside a mosque in Pampore area of Pulwama, today.

The troops had martyred one youth each in these areas, yesterday.

Indian police and troops also used brute force and fired teargas shells in Pampore on the demonstrators protesting against the killings.

The troops also continued violent military operations in different areas of Pulwama, Shopian, Islamabad, Kulgam, Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipore districts.

Meanwhile, a report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, today, said that India is using violence against Kashmiri women including arrest, harassment, rape and molestation as a weapon of war to suppress the Kashmiris’ ongoing struggle for securing their inalienable right to self-determination.      

The report said that Indian troops had molested 11,204 women since January 1989 till date.

It said that brutal incidents of Kununposhpora mass rape and Shopian double rape and murder and rape and murder of Kathua minor girl were the glaring examples of Indian brutalities against women in the occupied territory.

The report pointed out that thousands of women are among 95,630 Kashmiris, martyred by Indian military, paramilitary and police personnel since January 1989 till date.

It maintained that the unabated Indian state terrorism had rendered 22,915 women widowed during the period.