In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their continued acts of state terrorism, martyred 46 innocent Kashmiris including two children and a woman during the last month of October. According to the Kashmir Media Service, the total of the Kashmiris martyred included three killed in custody.
During the month, the troops tortured 240 persons and injured most of them critically, by using teargas shelling and bullets against the peaceful protestors while 88 people, mostly youth were arrested. The troops also damaged three residential houses with heavy mortar shelling during siege and search operations.