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A Kashmiri teen who was injured in clashes with security forces last month died at a Srinagar hospital in the early hours of Wednesday, 4 September, prompting Jammu and Kashmir authorities to reimpose daytime restrictions in majority of the city, said officials .
Khan had since been admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura. After battling for his life for nearly month, he succumbed to injuries in the early hours of Wednesday, said the officials.
The nature of injury was yet to be known as police had denied that bullets were fired to disperse the mob.
"He did not have any bullet injuries," a senior police official said.
The crowd had alleged that he was hit by a tear gas shell but evidence suggested that the injury could be possibly by a stone.
Additional Director General of Police Munir Khan, who was at a press conference during which the Army had released a video of two Pakistani terrorists, said the matter was being investigated.
Khan, who belonged to a poor family, has been buried as the authorities imposed strict restrictions in the area and other parts of downtown city and Civil Lines area as a precautionary measure.
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