The celebrations of Eid-Ul-Fitr were marred by violence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city as stone-pelters came out on the streets and waved flags of Pakistan and the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Stones according to reports were pelted at security forces near Jamia Masjid in Srinagar. Posters supporting terrorist Zakir Musa and UN designated terrorist Masood Azhar were also seen in the area.
In a audacious bid to disrupt peace, the demonstrators chanted slogans and clashed with police personnel on duty in Srinagar’s near Jama Masjid, soon after Eid prayers.
Security personnel, however, practiced maximum restraint. The miscreants, mostly youngsters, had their faces covered and pelted stones on security personnel, who were trying to disperse them.
Youth allegedly showed posters saying “Kashmir Banega Pakistan” and “Musa Army.