Protesters at Safa Kadal in Srinagar also threw a petrol bomb at the CRPF and police personnel.
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At least 29 people have died in clashes and hospitals are struggling with hundreds of injured.
Meanwhile, curfew and other restrictions remained in place in the Valley, as separatists called for a strike.
(Why Kashmir is burning?), the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said the explosion of violence and separatism in the Valley over Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was “not good for national unity and security”. But the sharp tone of the language officially exchanged between India and Pakistan can leave little doubt that the chill between the two countries will continue in the foreseeable future. Since the weekend, 28 civilians, mostly teens and young men, and one policeman have been killed in the clashes.
Doctors and government officials said they were struggling with a medical emergency after hundreds of civilians were admitted to hospitals with bullet and pellet wounds. The 22 year old was shot dead by “a joint team of army and police” on the morning of July 8.Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was on a visit to Africa has now returned and following a high level meeting on the issue, appealed for calm, even as the death toll has risen to 30.
Across Kashmir on Tuesday, shops were shuttered, businesses closed and cellphone and mobile Internet services were suspended in parts of the region.
In the meeting, Pakistan called on the OIC member states to raise their voice against “the blatant human rights violations” of Kashmiri Muslims. The two countries have fought two of their three wars over their rival claims to the mostly Muslim region, while each now administers a part of it. Indian authorities had said Monday they sent at least 2,000 more law enforcement troops to the mountainous region, where hundreds of thousands already are deployed permanently.
On the Indian side, numerous 12 million residents resent the Indian troop presence and back rebel demands for independence or a merger with neighboring Pakistan.
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JKCHR secretary general said that the resolve of Kashmiri people and their preparedness to sacrifice lives should open the eyes of communal minded administration based in New Delhi that the unprecedented military force and other proxies could not humble and vanquish the desire of the people to free them from Indian occupation which has now degenerated into a Hindu occupation.
