J&K: 19 CRPF personnel injured in accident following stone-pelting attack
Stone pelters and Army
After stones were pelted on their vehicle, it skidded off the road, the CRPF said
Nineteen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were on Sunday injured after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar.
The CRPF said that the incident took place after stones were pelted on the vehicle.
A 22-year-old tourist from Chennai, R Thirumani, died in a hospital on May 7 after being hit by a stone during clashes in Budgam district's town of Narbal.
This is the second such incident of stone-pelting in a month.
On May 2, a bus carrying school students was attacked by stone-pelters in Zawoora village of Shopian district.
On April 30, seven tourists were injured when stone-throwers targeted vehicles in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had on May 8 held an all-party meeting in Srinagar to discuss the rampant incidents of stone pelting in the valley.
(With inputs from ANI)