SRINAGAR: Scores of Shia community members in Kashmir on Sunday held protests against the execution of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.

Protests were held at Rainawari area of Srinagar, where scores of community members raised pro-Islam and pro-Nimr slogans, officials said.

They said the protesters tried to march towards the city centre here but were stopped by the police at Rainawari Chowk, triggering clashes. The police resorted to teargas shelling to disperse the protesters, the officials said, adding no one was injured in the clashes. Protests were staged also near Press Colony and Zadibal area of the city and in Budgam district. — PTI