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Man shot dead in Kashmir as security tightened for top minister's visit
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Indian paramilitaries rubbed out a civilian in Kashmir.jpg "Kashmir") ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... on Sunday, residents said, as authorities tightened security across the disputed territory for a visit by a top Indian minister.The victim, a milk seller in the southern Kashmir Valley, is the 12th civilian killed by gunnies or security forces this month as attacks increase in the Moslem-majority region. New Delhi has about 500,000 troops and paramilitaries in Kashmir seeking to contain a rebel movement agitating for independence or the region’s merger with Pakistain. Police said the man was hit in "crossfire" during "militant action" near a police paramilitary camp in the village of Zainapora and that the incident was being investigated. Villagers told AFP the man had been fatally shot without provocation. Amit Shah, India’s home minister and effective deputy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been in Kashmir since Saturday, adding to security concerns. It is Shah’s first trip to the Himalayan region -- also claimed by Pakistain -- since New Delhi cancelled Kashmir’s semi-autonomy in August 2019 and placed it under direct rule. His visit follows a series of assassinations by krazed killers, with minority Hindus and Sikhs as well as migrant workers from elsewhere in India the main targets. Sandbag bunkers have been erected across Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar and snipers positioned on rooftops around the building where Shah is staying. Police have in recent days impounded hundreds of cycle of violence  s in the city and intensified checks on pedestrians including women and kiddies.Motorbikes have been used for drive-by killings. Posted by: Fred 2021-10-25 |
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