Sunday, February 26, 2012

Police stoned by protesters.

Provided by 7DAYS.ae

Police clashed with protesters in the Kashmiri summer capital yesterday, a day after a demonstrator died in similar anti-India rallies.Police fired tear gas and used batons as scores of young Kashmiris, angry at the death of the Muslim man, threw rocks at riot police in Srinagar, police and witnesses said."A few people were injured," officer Pervez Ahmed said.The 20-year-old man was killed on Saturday when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators in Srinagar.In the past few months, the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has experienced the biggest separatist rallies since the revolt against New Delhi's rule erupted in 1989.

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