The Army today filed a <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/two-killed-nine-injured-in-army-firing-after-protest-and-stone-pelting-erupted-in-shopian-south-kashmir-30927">counter FIR in the Shopioan firing</a> incident after a mob allegedly attacked it&nbsp;on January 27th.

The police had filed an FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) against Army personnel, including a Major, however, the Army said it had fired in self-defense after seven personnel were injured.

Rayees Ahmad, who was among the nine persons injured in the Army firing last week, succumbed to injuries on Wednesday as the death toll increased to three. The incident had occurred in Ganovpora area of Shopian district.

The FIR by the Army is based on a statement that its vehicles were damaged and soldiers received injuries.

According to an army spokesman,&nbsp;&quot;an army administrative convoy was passing through Ganaupura chowk in Shopian when it came under unprovoked and intense stone pelting. They caused extensive damage to these vehicles.

&quot;A junior commissioned officer accompanying the convoy got hit on the head and fell unconscious suffering serious injury. Considering the extreme gravity of the situation, the army was constrained to open fire in self-defence. In the process, two civilians succumbed to the bullet injuries,&quot; the spokesman said.

Separatist groups had called for a shutdown in Kashmir on January 28th following the incident.

The FIR by the Army is based on a statement that its vehicles were damaged and soldiers received injuries

The Army today filed a counter FIR in the Shopioan firing incident after a mob allegedly attacked it on January 27th. The police had filed an FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) against Army personnel, including a Major, however, the Army said it had fired in self-defense after seven personnel were injured. Rayees Ahmad, who was among the nine persons injured in the Army firing last week, succumbed to injuries on Wednesday as the death toll increased to three. The incident had occurred in Ganovpora area of Shopian district. The FIR by the Army is based on a statement that its vehicles were damaged and soldiers received injuries. According to an army spokesman, "an army administrative convoy was passing through Ganaupura chowk in Shopian when it came under unprovoked and intense stone pelting. They caused extensive damage to these vehicles. "A junior commissioned officer accompanying the convoy got hit on the head and fell unconscious suffering serious injury. Considering the extreme gravity of the situation, the army was constrained to open fire in self-defence. In the process, two civilians succumbed to the bullet injuries," the spokesman said. Separatist groups had called for a shutdown in Kashmir on January 28th following the incident.

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