▁Tr al ▁when ▁security ▁personnel ▁lo bb ed ▁te arg as ▁shell s ▁to ▁dis per se ▁them . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 6 ▁August , ▁five ▁protest ers ▁were ▁killed ▁due ▁to ▁firing ▁by ▁security ▁personnel ▁in ▁cl ash es ▁with ▁security ▁forces ▁and ▁protest ers ▁bl aming ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁August , ▁a ▁march ▁called ▁by ▁the ▁separ at ists ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁UN MO G IP , ▁in ▁S rin agar , ▁was ▁stopped ▁by ▁security ▁forces . ▁On ▁the ▁same ▁day , ▁the ▁house ▁of ▁the ▁M LA ▁of ▁Sh op ian , ▁Moh ammed ▁Y ous uf ▁B hat , ▁was ▁attacked ▁by ▁a ▁mob . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 1 ▁August , ▁a ▁youth ▁was ▁killed ▁after ▁being ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁te arg as ▁shell ▁in ▁S rin agar ▁while ▁over ▁ 7 0 ▁people ▁were ▁injured ▁in ▁protest s ▁across ▁the ▁region , ▁including ▁about ▁ 6 0 ▁people ▁in ▁a ▁village ▁of ▁Raf i abad ▁Te hs il . ▁Pro - fre edom ▁r al lies ▁were ▁held ▁at ▁An ant n ag , ▁Sh op ian ▁and ▁Pul w ama , ▁with ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁att ending ▁a ▁r ally ▁in ▁a ▁Sh op ian ▁village ▁addressed ▁by ▁separ at ists ▁including ▁Ge el ani . ▁The ▁Border ▁Security ▁Force ▁( BS F ) ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁counter - ins ur gency ▁operations ▁and ▁deployed ▁to ▁maintain ▁law ▁and ▁order ▁in ▁S rin