J&K teenager dies of pellet wounds sustained during clashes near encounter site

Sixteen-year-old Mohammed Younis was injured in clashes between protesters and security forces near an encounter site in Pulwama district where three militants were killed.

A 16-year-old boy died on August 9, 2017 after suffering pellet injuries in clashes between protesters and security forces that broke out near the site of an encounter at Gulab Bagh in Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in which three militants were killed.

Mohammad Younis was brought to the SMHS hospital in Srinagar but he died of his injuries, police said.