{"id":409,"date":"2016-12-15T12:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2016-12-15T12:49:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T12:49:24","slug":"deaths-in-kashmir-gun-battle-trigger-anti-india-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2016\/12\/15\/deaths-in-kashmir-gun-battle-trigger-anti-india-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaths in Kashmir gun battle trigger anti-India protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 42-hour gun battle that started on Thursday has ended in Indian-administered Kashmir after two suspected rebels and one civilian were killed, triggering massive anti-India protests in the disputed region.<\/p>\n

A police officer said soldiers recovered bodies of the two suspected rebel fighters from the debris of a destroyed house in southern Arwani village on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The gun fight\u00a0started on Thursday<\/a> after Indian soldiers and police cordoned off the southern Arwani village, and gunmen hiding there opened fire in an attempt to break through the siege.<\/p>\n

As the shooting raged, thousands of people from neighbouring villages ignored government orders to stay away and marched to Arwani.<\/p>\n

At least one civilian was killed and dozens of others were wounded during the protests. A police statement said the man died after being hit by a stray bullet. One injured civilian was in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The bodies of the suspected rebels were were charred beyond recognition, and authorities were conducting DNA tests to determine their identities, according to a police officer.<\/p>\n

Massive protests against Indian rule erupted in Arwani and neighbouring villages on Friday as thousands of Kashmiris chanted pro-rebel and pro-freedom slogans.<\/p>\n

Mobile and internet services in some areas of southern Kashmir remained suspended for a second day as authorities sought to stop activists from mobilising anti-India protesters.<\/p>\n

Kashmir is experiencing its largest protests against Indian rule in recent years. At least 90 civilians and two policemen have been killed and thousands injured in the protests.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of the injured have been blinded and maimed<\/a>, mostly by government forces firing bullets and shotgun pellets at rock-throwing protesters.<\/p>\n

Curfews, communication blackouts, crackdowns and strikes have largely paralysed daily life.<\/p>\n

India and Pakistan each administer a portion of Kashmir, but both claim the Himalayan territory in its entirety.<\/p>\n

Rebel groups have been fighting since 1989 for either independence or a merger with Pakistan. Since then, more than 68,000 people have been killed in the uprising and ensuing Indian military crackdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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