Indian troops martyr 17 Kashmiris in October

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ISLAMABAD: Indian troops, in their unabated acts of state terrorism, in occupied Kashmir, martyred 17 Kashmiris including 2 young boys during the last month of October.

According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, these killings rendered 1 woman widowed and 2 children orphaned,reported Kashmir Media Service.

During the month, 1,276 people were critically injured when Indian police and paramilitary personnel used brute force and fired pallets and teargas shells on peaceful demonstrators in the occupied territory while 1,548 civilians, mostly youth and Hurriyet activists, were arrested.

The troops and police personnel after barging into residential houses molested or disgraced at least 76 women and damaged 538 houses and looted hundreds during the period.