#Kashmir: On July 18, Indian Army said it killed 3 militants in Amshipora, Shopian. The ‘militants’ were never identified, until 3 families from Rajouri, Jammu, on Aug 10 claimed the 3 dead boys are their sons, poor labourers, not militants. Full details: https://kashmirosint.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/amshipora-encounter-3-unidentified-dead-militants-and-3-missing-labourers/
One of the relatives of missing labourers speaks:
#Kashmir: THREAD —Media coverage on Amshipora, Shopian ‘encounter’ in which 3 unidentified alleged militants were killed, who per 3 Rajouri families are their kin, were labourers, not militants.
1. @thewire_in [National/ India] https://thewire.in/rights/kashmir-shopian-encounter-army-version-questioned
1. @thewire_in [National/ India] https://thewire.in/rights/kashmir-shopian-encounter-army-version-questioned
2. @thewire_in [National/ India] https://thewire.in/rights/three-militants-killed-in-shopian-encounter-were-ordinary-labourers-families-allege
3. @tkwmag [Local/ Kashmir] https://thekashmirwalla.com/2020/08/will-file-fir-against-the-army-families-allege-killing-of-three-missing-labourers-in-fake-gunfight/
4. @GreaterKashmir [Local/ Kashmir] https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/latest-news/army-to-probe-shopian-encounter-after-rajouri-families-claim-their-three-members-missing-in-same-area/
5. @IndiaToday [National/ Kashmir] https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/labourers-not-militants-army-to-probe-shopian-encounter-as-families-claim-deceased-their-missing-kin-1709865-2020-08-11
6. @FreePressK [Local/ Kashmir] https://freepresskashmir.news/2020/08/11/witnesses-say-boys-from-rajouri-were-in-shopian-as-labourers-had-rented-accommodation/
7. @AJEnglish [International/ Qatar] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/kashmir-family-alleges-indian-forces-killed-civilians-200811050834354.html
8. @CNNnews18 [National/ India] https://www.news18.com/news/india/3-missing-labourers-killed-in-alleged-staged-encounter-in-kashmirs-shopian-2774215.html
9. @TheKashmirPress [Local/ Kashmir] https://thekashmirpress.com/2020/08/11/july-18-shopian-encounter-families-of-3-missing-youth-from-rajouri-demand-independent-probe/
10. @TheQuint [National/ India] https://www.thequint.com/news/india/families-claim-army-staged-encounter-of-3-in-shopian-in-july
11. @KashmirLife [Local/ Kashmir] https://kashmirlife.net/shopian-encounter-police-launches-investigation-242597/
12. @ThePrintIndia [National/ India] https://theprint.in/india/missing-rajouri-youth-bought-salt-chilli-did-up-house-then-disappeared-into-the-night/479684/
13. @Kashmir_Monitor [Local/ Kashmir] https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/rajouri-shopian-case-police-to-match-dna-of-slain-militants-with-missing-labourers-family/
14. @ThePrintIndia [National/ India] https://theprint.in/india/in-jk-a-missing-persons-fir-for-3-labourers-brings-18-july-shopian-encounter-under-cloud/478972/
15. @KashmirDespatch [Local/ Kashmir] https://kashmirdespatch.com/disappearance-of-3-rajouri-labourers-shopian-landlord-version/
16. @NH_India [National/ India] https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/rajouri-family-claims-their-children-killed-in-a-fake-encounter-in-shopian
17. @GreaterKashmir (Local/ Kashmir) https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/front-page-2/alleged-fake-encounter-in-shopian-police-to-carry-out-dna-sampling/
18. @the_hindu [National/ India] https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/army-starts-investigation-into-july-18-shopian-encounter/article32323727.ece
19. @trtworld [International/ Turkey] https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1293396793682571266?s=20
20. @dailytimespak [International/ Pakistan] https://dailytimes.com.pk/652973/pakistan-strongly-condemns-the-extra-judicial-killings-of-kashmiris-in-a-fake-encounter-by-indian-occupation-forces-in-iiojk/
21. @Kashmir_Monitor [Local/ Kashmir] https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/rajouri-shopian-case-son-waits-for-papa-who-returned-from-kuwait-only-to-disappear-in-kashmir/
22. @EconomicTimes [National/ India] https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/3-missing-feared-shot-in-staged-encounter/articleshow/77491908.cms
23. @IndiaToday [National/ India] https://twitter.com/indiatoday/status/1293500680087326720?s=21 https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1293500680087326720
24. @scroll_in [National/ India] https://scroll.in/article/970093/unidentified-terrorists-or-labourers-from-jammu-kashmir-police-promise-dna-tests-to-establish-truth
25. @news18dotcom [National/ India] https://www.news18.com/news/india/missing-labourers-vs-killed-militants-shopian-mystery-deepens-as-army-and-police-launch-probe-2781109.html
27. @TelegraphWorld [International/ United Kingdom] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/11/indian-police-investigate-allegations-three-kashmiri-civilians/