Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Service
Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir
The mobile internet service in Handwara has been suspended as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of rumours after militant killed in kupwara in north Kashmir encounter operation on.
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India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
The mobile internet service in Handwara has been suspended as a precautionary measure to prevent spread of rumours after militant killed in kupwara in north Kashmir encounter operation on.
Related documentation
Badrapayeen Handwara Encounter update .. One unidentified militant killed, another likely hold up. Operation in Progress by joint forces. Mobile internet services snapped in the area. — Vaibhav Srivastav (@vaibhavnews) March 7, 2019
Militant killed, internet snapped in Handwara, Sopore https://t.co/QO6bbSY8Q3 pic.twitter.com/T13TAznwc2 — INS News (@TheinsNews) March 7, 2019
Other supporting information
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Social media
Terrorists target Army Patrol in Handwara. One terrorist eliminated. Internet service barred.— Varron Agrawwal (Modi ka Parivar) (@varunsden) March 7, 2019
One unidentified militant killed, another likely hold up in #Kralgund #Handwara #Northkashmir. Operation in Progress by joint forces of police, army and CRPF. Mobile internet services snapped in the area. Sources to @SudarshanNewsTV— Rohil Stv (@rohil_bashir) March 7, 2019
*GULISTAN NEWS PAPER*🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏*Unidentified person killed in Handwara shootout* *Internet snapped in area* Handwara: An unidentified person was killed in a brief exchange of gunfire with security forces on... https://t.co/Uux9P58pcM— Gulistan news Paper (@NewsGulistan) March 7, 2019