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| Massive protests in Kashmir, seven more killed |
| 2010-08-03 |
| Indian troops fired live ammunition and tear gas into crowds of anti-India protesters on Monday, killing seven, police said as tens of thousands of people demonstrated across Indian-held Kashmir. More than 60 protesters and almost 70 government officials were injured as violent clashes erupted between government forces and protesters in dozens of places across the region, as the protesters defied a round-the-clock curfew. At least two people were killed and another three wounded when government forces fired to disperse protesters blocking a highway in Sangam, a village south of Srinagar, said a police officer on condition of anonymity. Indian forces also fired on thousands of people holding street protests in the southern town of Kakpora, killing one and wounding five, the officer said. As the news of the killing reached nearby villages, thousands more took to streets and burned a police station and scores of vehicles parked there, the officer said. In the northern village of Kralpora, protesters set a security bunker on fire and ransacked a counterinsurgency police force camp, the officer said. Troops opened fire, killing one protester and injuring seven others, three critically, he said. In another police firing incident, one person was killed and another wounded in the southern village of Chawalgam, the officer said. Protesters also burned a government building and a local intelligence office in Budgam, a town to the west of Srinagar, the region's main city. Four protesters were wounded there, the officer said. The other injuries occurred in clashes elsewhere in the region, the officer said. |
| Posted by:Fred |