SRINAGAR: Another man was killed in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Sunday when paramilitary forces fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters who had defied a strict curfew, police said.Sopore, 50 kilometres north of IHK's summer capital Srinagar, has been under indefinite curfew since Friday after two young men died when troops opened fire in response to anti-India protesters who attacked their vehicle.
Police clamped the curfew on the town after thousands of people poured into the streets, torched a security vehicle and attacked a police station to protest against the killing of the two men.
On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators, defying the curfew, staged noisy protests and clashed with security forces. Chanting "We want freedom!" and "Blood for blood!", hundreds of residents again defied the curfew on Sunday, prompting security forces to fire rubber bullets that killed a 24-year-old man, a police officer said.
"A rubber bullet pierced his neck. He died on the way to Srinagar's main hospital," the officer said, adding that several others were injured.
Residents said the victim was not part of the protest and was heading to a mosque when he was hit.
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| An illustration of the principle that innocently wandering past riots is dangerous, and therefore better avoided altogether. |