‘Two deaths in a single day’
Srinagar: The death toll in a house collapse at Nawa Kadal gunfight site today mounted to three as one more youth succumbed to his injuries on Sunday at SMHS hospital in Srinagar.
Earlier in the day, an elderly man identified as Manzoor Ahmad, who was also injured at the same spot, succumbed at SMHS hospital, the health officials said.
Barely a few hours after Manzoor’s death, one more injured youth identified as Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, 35, son of Muhammad Hafeez Bhat of Jamalatta, Nawa Kadal, Srinagar, also breathed his last at SMHS hospital.
Locals of Nawa Kadal said that debris of a house damaged in the gunfight on May 19 had fell on a few people leaving them critically injured.
