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Amarnath Yatra commences after brief suspension

Amarnath Yatra commences after brief suspension

| | 11 Jul 2016, 05:43 pm
Jammu, July 11 (IBNS): The Amarnath Yatra commenced from Monday after it was briefly suspended following violence in Jammu and Kashmir media reports said.

The toll in the ongoing violence in Kashmir that erupted after the killing of Hizb commander Burhan Wani has risen to 25 with the death of a young girl in Pulwama area of South Kashmir.

The valley has been on edge since the killing top Hizb commander Burhan wani along with his two associates on Friday evening in South Kashmir.

Since Friday night 25 persons, most of them teenaged, have died during violent clashes with security forces in different areas of South Kashmir.

Among those killed is a Kashmir policeman during clashes  with unruly mob in Anantang on Sunday.

The state government has urged the Kashmiri separatist groups to appeal to the  people to maintain calm and peace.

As precautionary measures, mobile internet services, movement of trains and Amarnath yatra remain  suspended since Friday evening.

Authorities have imposed prohibitory orders in most areas of Srinagar  city and four districts of south Kashmir, officials said.

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