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Violence erupted in south Kashmir's Anantnag town after an army truck crushed a youth on Saturday afternoon.
Angry mobs took to the streets after a passing army truck ran over a youth identified as Mohammad Yasir Wani, 24, in the Anchidoora area of Anantnag town.
The mobs roughed up the truck driver and a soldier and torched the vehicle.
A senior police officer said the incident triggered instant violence, as mobs started to pelt stones, prompting security forces to fire warning shots and use tear smoke to quell the violence.
The police have arrested the army truck driver, but the area remains tense.
Authorities have rushed security force reinforcements to the area to control the situation. Senior police officers are at the spot already.
Earlier, in a separate road accident, six passengers of a mini-bus were killed and seven others wounded in Qazigund town of the adjoining Kulgam district.
The injured were rushed to the hospital.