Eight civilians injured in clashes during ongoing J&K gunfight (Lead)

Srinagar June 29 (IANS) Eight civilian protesters were injured on Friday in clashes with the security forces during an ongoing gunfight between holed-up militants and the security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir s Pulwama district police said.
A mob of stone-pelting protesters clashed with the security forces as they tried to disrupt the security operations in Thamuna village of Pulwama leading to eight civilians getting injured one of them by a gunshot a police officer said.
A civilian identified as Rouf Ahmad sustained the gunshot injury and has been brought to a hospital here sources said.
Security forces had surrounded Thamuna village following intelligence inputs about the presence of a group of militants there and as the cordon was tightened the hiding militants opened fired sparking of the gunfight.
As a precautionary measure authorities suspended mobile Internet services in Pulwama to check spread of rumours.

--IANS
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