Stone-pelting leads to road mishap,two die

Stone-pelting by protesters,who were enforcing a shutdown in South Kashmir’s Shopian district,on Saturday caused a road accident in which two people were killed and three were injured.

A load carrier overturned at Nagbal-Zainapora,some 75-km from here,when the driver lost control of the vehicle due to stone-pelting by protesters in the area,police said.

Two people died instantly while three were injured,they said adding all of them were residents of Zainapora.

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In April this year,a man died after he was hit by a stone on his head during protest in Batamaloo area here.

An 11-day-old infant had died when protesters attacked the vehicle carrying him to hospital in Baramulla district in February.