Srinagar: The shutdown against the killing of seven civilians in Pulwama entered it sixth day on Thursday.
A complete shutdown is being observed on the sixth consecutive day on Thursday in Pulwama to mourn the killing of seven civilians and three militants.
The coordination committee of the district has extended the shutdown till December 21.
All shops, business establishments, colleges and coaching centres are are closed since Saturday, the day killings happened. Almost all roads in the town are empty as traffic remained off the roads.
Seven civilians were killed after armed forces opened fire on civilian protesters near the site of a gunfight in Kharpora Sarnoo village of Pulwama district last week. Three militants and an army man were killed in the gunfight.
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah while reacting on the killings said that it is a massacre and there is no other way to describe it.
Earlier, Abdullah while reacting to the civilian killings had said that it was ‘another blood soaked weekend in Kashmir‘.
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti while reacting to the civilian killings said that there would be no probe which would bring back the dead. She also asked that ‘is this what was expected from the Governor rule’.
She also said that no country can win a war by killing its own people.
Peoples’ Conference chief Sajad Lone while reacting on the civilian killings said that the administration seriously needs to evaluate the cost of such operations. He added that ‘hope the administration gives up its ‘Rambo mindset‘.
Police, in their statement said that they were ‘deeply grieved’ by the loss of civilian lives, however, claimed that the crowd came ‘dangerously close‘ to the gunfight site.
