Deadly surge in Indian Kashmir violence leaves six more dead

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SRINAGAR: Clashes between rebels and government forces as well as street killings left six more dead in Indian Kashmir on Saturday (Oct 16), officials said, as the disputed Himalayan region battles a worsening wave of violence. At least 28 people, including nine civilians, have been gunned down in the past

SRINAGAR: Clashes between rebels and government forces as well as street killings left six more dead in Indian Kashmir on Saturday , officials said, as the disputed Himalayan region battles a worsening wave of violence.

Saturday saw two militants from The Resistance Front rebel group killed outside the main city of Srinagar, police inspector general Vijay Kumar said.Hours later, gunmen shot dead a street vendor and a labourer from outside Kashmir in separate shootings, police said. They had been involved in a week-long hunt for rebels that had already seen seven troops killed in the forested border area of Mendhar.More than 1,000 people suspected to have links with banned religious and militant groups have been detained in a crackdown as part of the investigation into the civilian killings, a police officer told AFP on Saturday.

 

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