Kashmiri protestors throw pieces of bricks towards Indian police in Srinagar on June 24, 2008. Indian police fired teargas shells a second day as hundreds of stone pelting protesters staged fresh street demonstrations in parts of Kashmir‘s main city against a government decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust. Doctors said a 37-year-old Kashmiri died in hospital overnight after being shot, one of 12 people hurt in clashes with riot police the previous day.Getty Images.
Indian police fired tear smoke shell towards stone-throwing Kashmiri protestors in Srinagar on June 24, 2008. Indian police fired teargas shells a second day as hundreds of stone pelting protesters staged fresh street demonstrations in parts of Kashmir’s main city against a government decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust. Doctors said a 37-year-old Kashmiri died in hospital overnight after being shot, one of 12 people hurt in clashes with riot police the previous day.Getty Images
A policeman falls on the ground during a clash between protestors and police in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Hundreds of Kashmiris attacked a police post in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday to protest the killing of a local resident by police during demonstrations against the transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region, police said.Photo: AP
Policemen chase Kashmiri protesters during a demonstration in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Hundreds of Kashmiris attacked a police post in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday to protest the killing of a local resident by police during demonstrations against the transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine in the Muslim-majority region, police said.Photo:AP
10 killed in weekend gunbattle in Indian Kashmir
Srinagar: At least 10 people, including nine separatist militants, were killed in clashes between security forces and insurgents at the weekend in Indian Kashmir, police said.
Soldiers shot dead five suspected militants late on Saturday when they tried to cross the border into India. Four militants and a soldier were killed on Sunday in another gunbattle.
“The initial investigation has shown that the militants belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba,” S.M. Sahai, a senior police officer said in Srinagar, Kashmir’s main city.
Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistan-based militant group.
The attack comes days after India’s defence minister, A.K. Antony, warned that attacks by separatist militants in the disputed Kashmir region could increase as local elections draw near.
Elections for the state assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state, are due by November.
Kashmir, divided between India and Pakistan, is claimed by both and the south Asian neighbours have also fought wars over the scenic region.
Officials say more than 43,000 people have been killed in the region since a revolt against New Delhi broke out in 1989, but human rights groups put the toll at about 60,000.
Violence involving Indian troops and separatist militants has declined since India and Pakistan began a peace process in 2004, though people are still killed in daily shootouts and occasional bomb attacks.
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