SRINAGAR: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders and organizations have paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Gaw Kadal massacre on their martyrdom anniversary and said that the sacrifices of the Kashmiris would not go to waste.
Over 50 people were martyred, and hundreds of others were wounded when Indian forces opened fire on peaceful protesters in the Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar on 21 January 1990. The protesters were demonstrating against the molestation of several women by Indian troops in the area on the previous night.
Kashmiri Leaders Pay Tributes to Gaw Kadal Massacre Victims
The APHC leaders and organizations, including Syed Bashir Andrabi, Muhammad Shafi Lone, Muhammad Aqib, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Farida Bahenji, Khawaja Firdous, Dr Musaib, Advocate Davinder Singh Behl, Malik Noor Muhammad Fayaz, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, Fayyaz Hussain Jafari, Syed Sibte Shabbir Qummi, human rights activist Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, and Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League in their separate statements issued in Srinagar, paying glowing tributes to the Gaw Kadal massacre victims, according to Kashmir Media Service.
They said the Kashmiri people have been offering unprecedented sacrifices for a sacred and great cause of right to self-determination for the last more than seven decades.
Kashmiris will accomplish the mission of their martyrs at all costs, they added.
