Srinagar under curfew after 12-year-old boy dies in pellet firing by police
According to reports, the boy, Junaid Ahmad, was standing in front of the main gate of his home in the Saidpora area of the city when he was hit by pellets fired to disperse the protestors.
He was rushed to Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences where he died.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in protest against his death after his body was brought to his home.
Security forces fired tear gas shells after clashes broke out when they reportedly tried to stop the people who marched with the boy's body towards the burial ground.
More than 90 people have died and 10,000 injured in clashes between security forces and protesters since the killing Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in July.
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