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Curfew, shutdown continue as Kashmir remains tense over the killing of five civilian in firing. Curfew remained in place in parts of Srinagar city and north and south Kashmir areas as tension gripped the Valley on Saturday over the five civilian killing in police and army action.
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“To maintain law and order, restrictions will continue in areas falling under Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R. Gunj, Safa Kadal, Kralkhud and Maisuma police stations in Srinagar,” said Farooq Ahmad Lone, district magistrate Srinagar.
Similar restrictions have been imposed in Baramulla town in the north and Pulwama town in the south.
Separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik and others, have called for a Valley-wide protest shutdown o Saturday against the killing of the teenager in army firing.
Authorities have also decided to continue the suspension of mobile Internet services in the Valley on Saturday.
The board of school education and the University of Kashmir have postponed all exams scheduled for Saturday.
Train services between north Kashmir Baramulla town and Banihal town in the Jammu region have also remained suspended since Wednesday.
With the death of another teenager Arif Ahmad Dar, 18, in army firing on Friday in Kupwara district, the toll in the five-day long unabated violence has risen to five.
Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has expressed anguish over the death of the teenager.