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Fighting in Kashmir yields 2 dead
HAJIN, India: Police say anti-India militants have stormed two homes in the past few days in one Kashmiri town, dragging away two men and killing both of them. One was shot. The other was beheaded.While killings by government forces regularly trigger bloody protests against Indian rule, the silence in Hajjin over the men’s deaths reflect the complicated reactions, tangled in fear and loyalty, when villagers accused of being informers are targeted by militants. Many militants come from places like Hajjin, and most Kashmiris support, at least generally, the rebels’ goals. No one in Hajjin would speak openly about what happened to the men, fearing reprisals from both sides in Kashmir’s decades-old fight. But neighbors say both had been warned earlier by militants to stop working with government soldiers. Posted by: badanov 2018-04-07 |
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