A 22-year-old man died as security forces opened fire on a stone-pelting mob in Rangreth area on the outskirts of the city, police said today.
A group of youth pelted the security forces' vehicles with stones at Rangreth, a police official said.
The security personnel opened fire to chase away the protestors in which one person was injured.
Nazir Ahmad was rushed to SKIMS hospital at Soura in a critical condition where he succumbed on the intervening night of June 15 and 16, the official said.
Separately, a policeman succumbed to his injuries after terrorists attacked a police patrol party in Srinagar's Hyderpora yesterday.
The terrorists on Thursday fired on a police patrol party on the Srinagar airport road injuring two policemen, who were deployed on area domination duty.
The terrorists, however, managed to escape the scene after firing. A search operation was also launched to track them down.
Terror attacks aimed at security forces have increased in the Kashmir Valley, in the recent times.
