Thousands of people held anti-India demos in Srinagar.

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of people in occupied Kashmir held anti-India demonstrations in Srinagar against abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir by India.

According to Kashmir Media Service, thousands of people including women and children gathered soon after Friday prayers in Soura area of Srinagar and started protesting against New Delhi's abrogation of territory's special status.

However, Indian troops and police pushed back the demonstrators at Aiwa Bridge by firing bullets, pellets and teargas shells resulting in the injuring of many people.

"There were around 10,000 people at the protest in Soura," a police officer was quoted by the media as having said. "This was the biggest so far," he added.

Some women and children even jumped into the water when the...

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