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| Indian Kashmir shut down by curfew and strike | Indian Kashmir shut down by curfew and strike |
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| Major towns in Indian-administered Kashmir are under curfew, a day after four people were killed when troops opened fire on angry protesters. | Major towns in Indian-administered Kashmir are under curfew, a day after four people were killed when troops opened fire on angry protesters. |
| Separatist groups called a strike across Jammu and Kashmir as a mark of protest against the violence in Jammu's Ramban district | Separatist groups called a strike across Jammu and Kashmir as a mark of protest against the violence in Jammu's Ramban district |
| Police initially said six people were killed, but revised these figures. | Police initially said six people were killed, but revised these figures. |
| Some reports said the protest came after forces entered a mosque, with allegations they beat a cleric too. | Some reports said the protest came after forces entered a mosque, with allegations they beat a cleric too. |
| Angry crowds then gathered outside the Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Ramban, with troops ultimately opening fire, reports said. More than 40 people were injured. Some are in a critical condition. | Angry crowds then gathered outside the Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Ramban, with troops ultimately opening fire, reports said. More than 40 people were injured. Some are in a critical condition. |
| Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen protests and an insurgency against Indian rule since 1989. | Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen protests and an insurgency against Indian rule since 1989. |
| A BSF official said troops fired when a "mob attacked" the base where arms and ammunition were stored, the Agence France-Presse news agency reports. | |
| "We are a professional force. We respect all the tenets of all religions," the agency quoted BSF inspector general Rajeev Krishan as saying. | |
| Protest strike | Protest strike |
| A curfew is in place in all areas of Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal and Bandipora districts and Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam, Anantnag, Bijbehara and Sopore towns, reports from the state capital, Srinagar, said. | A curfew is in place in all areas of Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal and Bandipora districts and Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam, Anantnag, Bijbehara and Sopore towns, reports from the state capital, Srinagar, said. |
| A large number of police and paramilitaries have been deployed to ensure calm. | A large number of police and paramilitaries have been deployed to ensure calm. |
| Meanwhile, a three-day strike called by the separatists to protest against the firing, has shut down the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley. | Meanwhile, a three-day strike called by the separatists to protest against the firing, has shut down the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley. |
| Shops and businesses are closed and college and university examinations have been postponed, BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor reports from Srinagar. | Shops and businesses are closed and college and university examinations have been postponed, BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor reports from Srinagar. |
| About 1,000 Hindu pilgrims who are in Jammu to participate in the annual trek to the Amarnath cave shrine have also been stopped. | About 1,000 Hindu pilgrims who are in Jammu to participate in the annual trek to the Amarnath cave shrine have also been stopped. |
| Hundreds of paramilitary personnel wearing full riot gear are marching the streets in Srinagar and elsewhere to enforce the curfew in the region, our correspondent says. | Hundreds of paramilitary personnel wearing full riot gear are marching the streets in Srinagar and elsewhere to enforce the curfew in the region, our correspondent says. |
| India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has called the incident "regrettable" and ordered an inquiry. | India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has called the incident "regrettable" and ordered an inquiry. |
| Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has also condemned the killings. | Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has also condemned the killings. |
| "It is highly unacceptable to shoot at unarmed protesters just because they were reportedly protesting [against the] manhandling of an Imam [Muslim cleric] of their area," he said in a statement. | "It is highly unacceptable to shoot at unarmed protesters just because they were reportedly protesting [against the] manhandling of an Imam [Muslim cleric] of their area," he said in a statement. |
| In recent years violence in the region has abated from its peak in the 1990s, but the causes of the Kashmir insurgency are still far from resolved. | In recent years violence in the region has abated from its peak in the 1990s, but the causes of the Kashmir insurgency are still far from resolved. |