Brief lifting of curfew in Kashmir prompts fresh violence

Srinagar residents hurl stones and shout slogans demanding freedom from Indian rule before curfew is reimposed


  • A nearly two-month curfew in the troubled Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir was partially lifted on Monday only to be largely re-imposed after fresh violence erupted in several parts of the capital, Srinagar.

  • Even without the curfew, shops remained closed after a strike was called by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), an umbrella group of separatist parties, many of whose leaders have been arrested in recent weeks.

  • People will not start their usual business until Delhi says it is open to full talks with the three parties India, Pakistan and the resistance leaders, said Hamida Nayeem, an academic at Kashmir University and an activist.

  • The lifting of the curfew allowed Nayeem to visit injured protesters recovering at Srinagars main hospital, many of them from serious pellet injuries to the eyes caused by shotguns used by security forces to disperse crowds.


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