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[DAWN] The Indian Army opened fire on a group of protesters Friday, killing one youth and injuring another in India-held Kashmire, police said.The demonstrators had gathered in the town of Beerwah after senior separatist leaders called for a strike against the Indian rule in Kashmire.
Soldiers opened fire after mistaking a firecracker for a grenade kaboom, police claimed. A statement, issued by police claimed that someone among the protesters hurled a firecracker towards the army men. The army personnel mistook the cracker as a grenade and they opened fire, it added.
Indian authorities have imposed a curfew in parts of the main city Srinagar where separatists had called for a march to the office of a UN military observer group to protest against recent civilian killings and arrest of dozens of political activists.