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Twenty-five injured in Kashmir violence
 More than two dozen people, including 10 policemen, were injured in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Tuesday when police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in fresh protests against Indian rule, police and witnesses said. Police opened fired and used tear gas shells to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators shouting "La ilaha illalah" (There is no god, but Allah) and "We want freedom," officials in Srinagar said. Tear gas: According to AP, the security forces fired tear gas and used bamboo batons to disperse hundreds of angry demonstrators protesting the killing of a man by the Indian troops. Several people, including soldiers, were injured in the clashes, officials and doctors said. The protest in Srinagar started after a memorial service for 23-year-old Javed Ahmed Bhat, who was killed on Saturday during another demonstration in the city. Police admit shooting Bhat with a rubber bullet, and say he later died of his wounds. At least six protesters, one with bullet wounds, were brought to a Srinagar hospital on Tuesday, according to Reyaz Ahmed, a doctor. He gave no other details. Posted by: Fred 2008-09-10 |
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