SRINAGAR: Hundreds of Kashmiris hurled stones at police in Srinagar, in Indian held Kashmir (IHK) on Friday, during a strike called by separatists to protest death sentences given to three men convicted in a 1996 bombing in New Delhi.Police and paramilitary soldiers fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, said a police officer on condition of anonymity. At least seven people were injured, police said.
The protesters chanted “We want freedom' and “Revoke the death verdict' on the streets of Srinagar, which was largely deserted as residents and businesses, observed the strike.
The separatists were angered by a New Delhi court decision on Thursday that found three members of the Jammu-Kashmir Islamic Front guilty of carrying out a bombing in a crowded market that killed 13 people and wounded 38.