15 hurt as clashes erupt in Kashmir valley

Srinagar, Feb 21 (PTI) At least 15 people were injured
as fresh clashes broke out between protesters, demanding the
release of youths arrested on charges of stone-hurling, and
security forces in different parts of Kashmir valley in north
India on Sunday.

Security forces fired rubber bullets, lobbed tear gas
shells and swung batons to disperse unruly youths who stoned
jawans in Baramulla, Sopore and Srinagar, official sources
said.
At least 15 people, one of them allegedly hit by a
rubber bullet, were injured in day-long pitched battles, they
said.
Seven were injured in Baramulla, where the violence
erupted first, five in Sopore and three in Srinagar, the
sources said adding the youth who reportedly received rubber
bullet injuries was hospitalised and was in stable condition.
However, the rest of the valley returned to normal
after a day-long shutdown sponsored by separatists to protest
what they said "unrelenting violation of human rights" in
Kashmir valley.