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Thousands of people offer prayers on roads to protest killings in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jul 30 (UNI) Thousands of people today offered afternoon prayers, Asar nimaz, on the roads across Kashmir valley to protest against the killing of 49 civilians in security force firing since July 9, a day after a top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) Burhan Wani and two other militants were killed in an encounter in Kokernag in Anantnag.
In a first of its kind, thousands of people took to streets in the afternoon and offered ‘asar nimaz’ following a call by separatists.
Both the factions of Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) had asked people to offer ‘asar and magrib’ prayers on the roads to protest against the killings.
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