Kupwara: Thousands of people on Tuesday participated in the funeral prayers of slain Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Furqan Ahmad at his native village in Langate area of Handwara of north Kasmir’s Kupwara district.
Ahmad (18) was killed along with an associate, Liyaqat Ahmad Lone of Sopore, in a gunfight with the government forces in Guloora village of Handwara late last night.
The report said that Ahmad was a student of 12th standard when he joined militant ranks some four months ago.
An eyewitness said that Furqan was laid to rest amid pro-freedom slogans.
Earlier, the youth took to streets and clashed with the forces after the news of his death spread in the area.
Authorities had suspended the mobile Internet service in parts of Handwara and closed all educational institutions in the area as a “precautionary measure” to curb protests.