Five civilians have been killed so far in the clashes following the gun fight in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday.

The two more youths have been identified as Sajad Ahmad Rather who had sustained a bullet injury in the head and was declared brought dead at the District Hospital of Shopian. And Zubair ahmad of Nagbal area of South Kashmir.

Five militants were also killed in the gunfight and over a dozen protesters have been injured during clashes near the encounter site.