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3 die as Indian forces fire on Kashmiri protesters (AP)

July 7th, 2010

Indian policemen chase Kashmiri mourners as the dead bodies of Muzaffar Bhat and Fayaz Ahamed Wani lie unattended on the ground during their funeral procession on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Government forces fired on hundreds of rock-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, killing Wani and wounding two others as a seven-day curfew was lifted, locals and officials said. Bhat was allegedly killed by paramilitary soldiers Monday (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Indian forces opened fire on hundreds of rock-throwing protesters in Kashmir killing three people as authorities re-imposed a curfew in the region’s main city amid increasingly violent demonstrations against alleged human rights abuses.


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