Boy killed in clashes between protesters,security forces in JK

A 17-year-old boy was today killed and several others were injured during clashes between protesters and security forces near an encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said.

Shakir Ahmad Mir and several others sustained injuries when police fired pellet guns and tear smoke shells to disperse protesters at Chaigund, the officials said.

Mir, a resident of Qalampora in Shopian, was rushed to a hospital in Rajpora, where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

The clashes were going on intermittently when reports last came in.