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Stone-pelting leads to road mishap,two die

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

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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.

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.

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