Shopian | Kashmir InFocus

July 28, 2017 No Responses

Terrorists attack 62 RR convoy in Shopian, two Army jawans injured; area cordoned off

A joint party of Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police were on Thursday attacked by a group of terrorists in the Shopian district of the state. Two army personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire at an army party...

June 21, 2017 No Responses

‘Remilitarization’ in Shopian: Army sets up new camp, 2 more Coming up

Army has set up a new camp in south Kashmir’s Shopian district while two more such camps would be set up in its “volatile” areas in coming days. Sources told Kashmir Post that soldiers of Army’s 62 Rashtriya Rifles have...

June 14, 2017 No Responses

Scores injured as forces go berserk in twin Shopian villages

Government forces went berserk in two villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district late Monday night, beating local residents and ransacking houses, shops and vehicles. Around 40 people were injured as forces rampaged through Turkwangam village, around 12 ki...

June 13, 2017 No Responses

Students protest youth’s death in Shopian district

Students held protests today over the recent killing of a college youth in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Dozens of college and higher secondary school students in Shopian came out on roads raising anti-India slogans and pelted stones on security forces,....

May 4, 2017 No Responses

How Apple bowl turned into hotbed of terrorism: Shopian

South Kashmir has been the most restive zone of the Valley for some time now and Shopian has emerged as a hotbed of terror in recent times. Recent reports from Shopian talk about nothing but increasing incidents of terror from...

March 18, 2017 No Responses

Youth held for ‘Spreading Rumours’ via Social Media

In pursuance of leads available related to circulation of ‘fake news and malicious propaganda for provoking people’ by using social media, one individual namely Ishfaq Ahmad Dar, resident of Wandina Shopian has been arrested, police said in a statement. Po...

August 2, 2016 No Responses

Shopian witnessed fresh clashes injuring 9 Persons; Rallies held across south Kashmir

Nine persons were injured during clashes between the protesters and forces personnel in Imam Sahib area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, witnesses said. Clashes erupted in the area after forces tried to break up protests against civilian killi...

July 23, 2016 No Responses

Hizb men pose Burhan-style for new poster

Fourteen days after the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani, a poster showing a group of Hizbul Mujahideen militants, announcing they “would continue to the challenge the enemy”, appeared in Shopian district. The poster, which shows eleven militant...

July 14, 2016 No Responses

Insha (14 year old) lost her left eye vision to pellets

Ninth class student Insha Malik has lost vision in her left eye that was pierced by pellets fired by forces, and doctors say there are “zero chances” of the teenager regaining vision in her right eye, also badly damaged by...

October 30, 2015 No Responses

67 Persons held for Enforcing Shutdown in Shopian post Abu Qasim’s Death

Amid spontaneous shutdown and clashes, thousands of people, including women, today turned up for the funeral of slain Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Kashmir chief, Abu Qasim in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Eyewitnesses told Srinagar-based news agency that soon af...