Kashmir: Youngest victim of pellet fire is a four-year-old, claims report

July 23, 2016 10:41

A four-year-old from Srinagar has become the youngest victim of pellet firing by security forces during the quelling of protests that have hit the Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

The detail is part of an internal report compiled by doctors of Srinagar's Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital which has stated that close to 90 per cent of those injured in pellet firing over a period of two weeks in Kashmir have suffered maximum injury in areas above the waist.

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