February 08, 2023 09:13 (IST)
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Students clash with police in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 6 (IBNS) : Clashes broke out between students and police after the students started pelting stones at the police outside a government higher secondary school in Handwara town in north Kashmir on Saturday, media reports said.
The reports also said that several students were injured in the clashes.
Students from a government higher secondary school in Newa area of Pulwama district staged a protest against the alleged high-handedness of security forces.
When they refused to clear the area, police lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
The students pelted stones at security forces, who lathicharged the crowd and fire tear gas canisters.
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