SRINAGAR, INDIA - Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas Saturday on a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir, injuring dozens of people who had ignored a ban on religious gatherings, witnesses said.
Jafar Ali, a witness, told AFP that the procession started in the Bemina area on the outskirts of the main city of Srinagar and that government forces were present in heavy numbers. "The forces fired pellets at the procession that was mainly peaceful and included women," said another witness Iqbal Ahmad.About 25 people were taken to a nearby clinic with pellet wounds, some with their faces and bodies covered in pellet marks, a doctor there told AFP on condition of anonymity.A police official confirmed the incident, saying:"Some people had gathered and were trying to start a procession, they were dispersed." He did not give details of casualties.
The Muslim-majority Himalayan region is largely divided between India and Pakistan, who both claim it in its entirety and have fought two wars over it.
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