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Mourners riot over Kashmir protest deaths
 Angry Muslims mourning at least 20 protesters killed by police torched security bunkers and rioted in Indian Kashmir's main city on Wednesday, as a land row with Hindus revived calls for independence.Police fired teargas shells to disperse thousands of Muslim protesters who defied a curfew at several places across Kashmir Valley, police said. They said over two dozen people were injured in clashes between stone-throwing protesters and police. A curfew remained in force in much of the valley after some of the biggest protests since a separatist revolt against Indian rule broke out in 1989 over what Muslim traders said was an economic blockade of their region by Hindus in adjoining Jammu.
Posted by: lotp 2008-08-13 |
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