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| 18 die as protests continue in India-held Kashmir after militant's death |
| 2016-07-11 |
| [DAWN] Protesters and government forces in Indian-held Kashmire clashed for a second day Sunday as anger over the death of an influential murderous Moslem boiled over, with 18 people killed in some of the worst civilian unrest to hit the region since 2010. Another 200 people have been maimed in the violence, many of them protesters who were hit when government forces fired tear gas canisters and live ammunition on Saturday. Among the 18 dead was a police man who drowned when angry protesters pushed an armoured vehicle into a river in the southern district of Sangam on Sunday, a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. Thousands of residents of the disputed region are defying a government-imposed curfew to take to the streets in protest at the killing on Friday of murderous Moslem leader Burhan Wani. The state government, which has also cut off internet and mobile phone networks to try to stop the protests spreading, called for calm on Sunday. "They [protesters] should not take their protests to a level where a man holding a gun is forced to open fire," said front man Nayeem Akhtar. There were also reports of security forces attacking hospitals and ambulances treating the maimed. |
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