Youth succumbs to injuries, toll in J&K firing climbs to 3

Srinagar: The death toll in the alleged Army firing on a mob in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday rose to three after a critically injured youth succumbed to injuries.

Rayees Ahmad, who was among the nine persons injured in the Army firing last week, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here this morning, police said.

With this, the death toll in the firing incident in the Ganovpora area of Shopian district in India's northern state has risen to three.

The Army claimed it opened fire on a stone-pelting mob on January 27 in "self defence" after seven of its personnel were injured.

The state government has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.

Police filed an FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) against Army personnel, including a Major, involved in the incident.