2 Dead in Kashmir Protests

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Srinagar, Rabi'II 1, 1434, Feb 11, 2013, SPA - Sporadic violence left two people dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite a curfew that was extended into a third day Monday in the wake of the execution of a Kashmiri man convicted in a deadly 2001 attack on India's Parliament. Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged in New Delhi early Saturday. Despite the curfew, hundreds of angry residents protested on Sunday and clashed with troops at dozens of places in the region, according to a report of the Associated Press. In Watergam village near the town of Sopore, which was Guru's home, at least four people were wounded, one critically, as police and paramilitary troops fired tear gas shells and bullets to disperse an angry crowd, police said. Four policemen were also injured in separate clashes. Tens of thousands of security troops were fanned out across the Himalayan region, and metal barricades and razor wire blocked all major roads in the area. Cable television and mobile Internet services were shut in most parts of the region. --SPA 10:59 LOCAL TIME 07:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1077233

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