SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A youth was killed and more than 70 were injured after government forces fired upon protesters in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials have said.
The youth was killed at Fateh Kadal locality near Nowhatta area in old part of Srinagar city on Sunday, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"A youth succumbed here this evening," a health official at SMHS hospital said. "He was hit in chest with a teargas shell."
The fresh killing triggered further protests in the city and is likely to fuel more one's across the region.
Police officials said the youth was part of a group that tried to defy curfew restrictions in the city.
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