Friday, July 29, 2016

India Re-Imposes Curfew in Kashmir City, but Clashes Persist

 
By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

Authorities re-imposed a curfew to prevent a protest march to the main mosque in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city Friday, but fresh street demonstrations and clashes still occurred at more than two dozen places amid outrage over the killing of a top rebel leader earlier this month.

Army soldiers fired at protesters in a village in northern Kupwara district, injuring at least three teenage boys who attacked their camp with stones and tried to barge into it, police said.

At a nearby village, at least two youths were injured with pellets fired by government forces, a police officer said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

Residents said government forces visited homes in Srinagar before dawn Friday and asked them to stay indoors. One resident, Bashir Ahmed, said police didn't allow bakers and milkmen to deliver supplies in the area. 

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Source: ABC News

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