Posted On: 07/12/2016 7:05:28 PM
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At least 20 killed in Kashmir clashes after militant's death
[url=]Srinagar, India (CNN)At least 20 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since Friday in clashes between protesters and security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to police.
A curfew in the region first issued Saturday remains in place, S.J.M. Geelani, Kashmir Zone police chief, told CNN.[/url]
The violence erupted after Burhan Wani, a 21-year-old commander of the militant separatist group Hizbul Mujaheedin, was killed Friday in a gunfight with the Indian army and Kashmir police in the subdistrict of Kokernag in Indian-controlled Kashmir, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Srinagar, summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police described Wani's killing as a major success in their campaign against separatist militants, but angry mobs protesting the death attacked police stations and posts and government buildings, a police statement said Sunday
Tens of thousands of people attended Wani's funeral Saturday, according to local resident Showkat Ahmed.
Among the deaths was a police officer, who drowned Saturday after when angry crowds pushed his armored vehicle into a river in Sangam, a town about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Srinagar.
The level of violence has decreased as authorities enforce the curfew in Srinagar and other towns.
[url=]Srinagar, India (CNN)At least 20 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since Friday in clashes between protesters and security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to police.
A curfew in the region first issued Saturday remains in place, S.J.M. Geelani, Kashmir Zone police chief, told CNN.[/url]
The violence erupted after Burhan Wani, a 21-year-old commander of the militant separatist group Hizbul Mujaheedin, was killed Friday in a gunfight with the Indian army and Kashmir police in the subdistrict of Kokernag in Indian-controlled Kashmir, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Srinagar, summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police described Wani's killing as a major success in their campaign against separatist militants, but angry mobs protesting the death attacked police stations and posts and government buildings, a police statement said Sunday
Tens of thousands of people attended Wani's funeral Saturday, according to local resident Showkat Ahmed.
Among the deaths was a police officer, who drowned Saturday after when angry crowds pushed his armored vehicle into a river in Sangam, a town about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Srinagar.
The level of violence has decreased as authorities enforce the curfew in Srinagar and other towns.
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