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Troops open fire on Kashmir protesters: 4 killed

Key leaders detained, curfew continues

AFP, Srinagar
Indian security forces opened fire on pro-independence demonstrators In Muslim-majority Kashmir yesterday, killing at least four people. while more than 100 were hurt in clashes, police said.
The protesters were shot as troops struggled to disperse antiIndia marchers who rallied across the dispute-hit region in defiance oi a strict curfew.
Authorities also arrested three leading separatists ahead of a planned rally on Monday in the centre of Srinagar, die main city in Indian-ruled Kashmir.
One of the protesters killed Monday was a man shot on the
outskirts of Srinagar, while another man was killed In Pulwama town, 30km away, police said.
"Security forces had to open fire when protesters attacked them with stones and sticks," police officer Imtiaz Ahmed told AH’.
A young woman and a 16-year-old boy were killed in two villages north ol Srinagar when security forces fired on hundreds of demon -strators who had "violated curfew restrictions," police said.
Police reported more than 100 people were injured Monday across the Kashmir valley in clashes between security forces and demonstrators.
The recent troubles have been triggered by a state government
plan announced in June to donate land to a Hindu shrine trust in the Kashmir valley. The decision was later reversed after massive Muslim protests, angering Hindus.
The strict curfew was imposed starting Sunday to "discourage separatist rallies during which residents have openly paraded green Islamic flags and chanted pro-militant and anti-lndia slogans," a police official told AFP.
Residents said shops and offices were shuttered and the streets were empty.
"We are not even being allowed to peep out through windows," said Fayaz Ahmed, 42.
"We have called in the army to assist the police in enforcing cur-
few." police Inspector General SM Sahai told reporters in Srinagar.
Thousands of troops were deployed Monday to the venue where protesters had planned to rally. Srinagar's Red Square, with fencing and barbed wire blocking entry points so people could not gather.
The square is where India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1948 promised Kashmiris the right to decide their future in a referendum on self-determination.
"It is very tense out here. There are only policemen visible on the streets," said Joginder Singh, a Red Square resident.
Police used loudspeakers to urge residents to stay indoors.