Protesters Defy Curfews in Held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Thousands of people marched in defiance of a strict curfew in parts of Indian occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as the death toll from recent protests rose to four.
Chanting, “blood for blood” and “we want freedom,” thousands of residents of northern Baramulla town held noisy anti-India demonstrations, despite attempts by police to break up the protests.
The protesters carried the body of a young man, who had died in hospital from injuries sustained during a similar demonstration earlier in the week.
The recent unrest began Monday when thousands protested in Baramulla against the alleged harassment of a Muslim woman by police. Police fired live rounds to disperse the demonstrators, killing two people.
The shootings brought thousands more onto the streets and the unrest spread to the neighbouring town of Sopore, prompting the district authorities to impose curfews in both towns.
On Tuesday a third protester was killed, and the latest victim died from his injuries on Wednesday.
A general strike — called in response to the shootings — crippled life in the summer capital Srinagar and other towns in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley for the second day running.
Most schools, shops and offices closed in Srinagar where police sealed off some neighbourhoods to prevent protests
Protesters Defy Curfews in Held Kashmir was first posted on July 1, 2009 at 5:18 pm.
Fired at From Pakistan Side, one killed: India
SRINAGAR:An Indian soldier was killed in cross-border firing in Kashmir, an Indian security official said on Monday, though Pakistan denied any violation of a six-year-old cease-fire in the region. It was not clear whether the firing on Sunday night was from militants trying to sneak into the IoK or from Pakistani troops. “A soldier fell to bullets fired from across the Line of Control late Sunday,” an Indian army official, who did not wish to be identified, said.
Fired at From Pakistan Side, one killed: India was first posted on June 30, 2009 at 1:15 pm.
