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| Protesters try to storm airbase in held Kashmir |
| 2016-07-12 |
| [DAWN] Several hundred Kashmiri protesters tried to storm a military airbase in India-held Kashmire on Monday as the corpse count in festivities between Indian security forces and demonstrators reached 30, while Pakistain and India traded allegations over the violent situation. Thousands of people again defied the curfew imposed across the valley to take to the streets and tried to storm the Indian Air Force base, about 25km south of Srinagar, as the worst civilian unrest since 2010 spread. The protesters also set cop shoppes and vehicles on fire, according to AFP. Police said Indian security personnel fired live ammunition and tear gas to try to enforce the curfew. The dear departed were mainly protesters killed by gunshot wounds, they added. There were also reports of injured protesters being targeted, as one local doctors association said tear gas canisters had been fired inside a hospital emergency room. Another group, the Jammu and Kashmire Coalition for Civil Society, alleged that police had attacked ambulances taking the maimed to hospital. While the authorities cut off internet and mobile phone networks in a bid to quell the protests, those leading the demonstrations said the protests be extended by two more days and called a rally in Srinagar on Friday, according to AFP. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Pakis are firing up the rubes? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-12 19:41 |