Amnesty International on Monday hit out against the use of what it termed “arbitrary and excessive” force by security forces in response to the protests in Jammu and Kashmir. The summer of unrest in Kashmir began after Burhan Wani, a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen ''commander'', was killed in an encounter with security forces in July. So far, 78 people, including two security force personnel, have been killed in the protests that followed. Security force personnel have fired live ammunition, tear gas and pellets from pump action shotguns,” said the Amnesty statement. “Pellet-firing shotguns have injured and blinded even peaceful protestors and bystanders,” said Aakar Patel, the executive director at Amnesty International India.

Source: The Hindu September 12, 2016 10:52 UTC