Kashmir tense as two killed in protests over shrine land

  • 12/15/2022
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Srinagar, Kashmir, August 02, SPA -- Army troops marched through the streetsin India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state on Saturday after violentprotests over land for a Hindu pilgrimage site claimed two lives andwounded 21 people, officials said. The army was deployed in the southern Jammu district after Hinduprotestors attacked government offices and torched a police stationon Friday. Two protestors were killed in police shooting and 8injured as the protests spread to Samba town, police was quoted as saying by DPA. "13 more people were injured in overnight clashes with the armyand police. Hundreds are out on the streets in defiance of thecurfew," a police official said--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/578869

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