At least four persons were injured in sporadic violence witnessed today in various parts of Kashmir where normal life remained affected due to separatist-sponsored strike.

A police spokesman said barring a few stone pelting incidents and arson during which a school building was gutted, the situation in the valley remained by and large peaceful.

Four incidents of stone pelting were reported from Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Kupwara, the spokesman said.

In Kulgam, he said, about 300 protesters assembled at Mirhama and pelted stones on police and security force deployments and set ablaze Jawahar Navodaya Vidyala School which suffered damages.

Miscreants also hurled a petrol bomb on State Rest House, Chawalgam, which resulted in fire and partial damages to the rest house, the spokesman said.

However, local residents alleged that fire in the school building was caused by intense teargas shelling by the forces to chase away protesters.

The residents also claimed that an elderly person Abdul Gani Wani, 70, died after he suffered a cardiac arrest due to shelling by the forces at Chawalgam.

A police official said that four persons sustained injuries when security forces fired pellets and tear smoke shells to chase away protestors in Anantnag.

There was no curfew in any part of Kashmir but restrictions on the assembly of people were in placed in all districts of the Valley except Srinagar city.