Srinagar At least 19 persons, including eight security men, were injured in separate incidents as violence over the killing of a teenager spread to some other districts during the separatist-sponsored general strike today, official sources said.

Youths clashed with police and paramilitary forces in most parts of Srinagar. Protests also spread to Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Bandipora districts. They said police fired warning shots and burst teargas shells to disperse stone-throwing protesters at Gojwara and adjoining localities in the vicinity of Jamia Masjid in interior city.

The clashes in the locality resumed this morning despite heavy deployment, leaving three policemen and six protesters injured. Protests also continued in other parts of the city, including Maisuma and Safakadal.

Angry youths blocked roads and indulged in stone-hurling at Natipora, Nowgam, Barzalla and Rambagh in uptown and Batmaloo and Bemina in central city, prompting police to fire teargas shells and use batons to restore law and order. These areas were by and large peaceful yesterday. Wamik Farooq Wani, a seventh class student, was killed on Sunday after being hit by a teargas shell allegedly fired by a police official at Rajouri Kadal, sparking violent clashes in most parts of downtown Srinagar.