More than 100 people including 5 security personnel have died during the unrest . Over 19,000 people including more than 15,000 civilians as well as 4,000 security personnel have been injured in the unrest . According to local doctors , at least 117 civilians were likely to lose their eyesight as a result of injuries caused by buckshot blasts . Three policemen went missing on 9 July and one was killed on 10 July during protests in Anantnag district when a mob pushed his vehicle into the Jhelum river . Another policeman died on 24 July , succumbing to injuries received on 15 July during an attack on a police station in Kulgam . Two of the missing policemen were later traced by the state police and were found to have become incommunicado after mobile services were cut . Security forces were not able to find the third policeman , or a large cache of arms that went missing after a police station in south Kashmir was immolated . On 18 September 2016 , 18 Indian Army soldiers were killed during an attack by militants in Uri . The target was a Brigade headquarters
attack by militants in Uri
2016 Uri attack
2016–17 Kashmir unrest