Affrontement à Mirpur au Pakistan – mars 2010

40 hurt as protesters clash with police in Mirpur

thenews.com.pk

Thursday, March 25, 2010

By By Sayed Abid Hussain Shah

MIRPUR: Mirpur city of Azad Jammu & Kashmir turned into a battlefield on Wednesday as a result of violent police-mob clashes at Mangla Road during complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike by the people of the city against 16-hour daily loadshedding.

Over 40 persons, including SSP Mirpur Sardar Gulfraz Khan, were injured as a result of stone pelting by angry mob and the retaliatory baton-charge by the heavy armed police contingents, DHQ Hospital sources told The News. At least 12 seriously injured persons were hospitalised in DHQ Hospital till the last reports came in.

The injured also included three journalists and a lawyer. The mob set ablaze an official vehicle of Wapda at Mangla. Over a dozen vehicles and about 40 motorbikes belonging to the demonstrating people were also damaged.

The entire Mirpur city was presenting a deserted look following the shutter-down strike. Thousands of people started march by foot, cars, bikes and other means of communications from central Shaheed Chowk to Power House of Mangla.

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Mirpur (Urdu: میر پور) is the largest city in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and the capital of Mirpur District. Mirpur is located at the extreme south of Azad Kashmir at an elevation of 459 metres (1509ft). It is 125 kilometres (68 miles) south east of Islamabad via the Grand Trunk Road and 295 kilometres (183 miles) south of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.