Another protester dies in Indian Kashmir as toll hits 100

The nearly daily intifada-like popular protests are the largest since the revolt in 1989.


Afp September 18, 2010

SRINAGAR: Another protester was killed as fresh anti-India protests shook Indian Kashmir on Saturday, bringing the number of civilian deaths in a wave of unrest in the Muslim-majority region to 100.

One man was killed in Anantag town when police fired at demonstrators who started pelting stones when authorities retrieved the body of a man who drowned Monday when police allegedly chased him into a river.

"Security forces had to open fire to quell the violent demonstration," a police officer told AFP from Anantnag, south of Srinagar, summer capital of Kashmir where a two-decade revolt has been underway against New Delhi's rule.

Authorities also reported another young protester died in hospital Saturday after being injured earlier in the week when security forces fired on stone-hurling protesters in Srinagar.

So far, 100 protesters and bystanders, including children, have been killed since June, mostly by security forces firing on demonstrators who were pelting stones, pieces of wood and concrete, according to an AFP tally.

One policeman has also died.

The nearly daily intifada-like popular protests are the largest since the armed revolt against Indian rule erupted in Kashmir in 1989 and have confronted the world's largest democracy with its biggest internal crisis.

COMMENTS (3)

Harish | 13 years ago | Reply @kashmiri i don't see anything wrong in those comments...stop the hooliganism and you can find the solution...do you expect security forces to face your stone and sit quite begging in front of you kashmiri militants not to hurt them...do you sit quite if somebody slaps you.... be practical...Kashmir was integral part of India, is integral part of India and will be integral part of India till this world lasts....hope u understand...don't be emotional..be practical...focus on your growth...bring up your childrens in right sense, give them good education...lead a happy family...nobody restrict you to settle down anywhere in India...you have all the freedom...just come out of that shell and think broad...
Daubic | 13 years ago | Reply Mr. Kashmiri, I really feel sorry for you as an Indian Citizen for my Indian Brother. I would advocate that Indian Government is trying their best to ensure that things are handled smoothly and a solution be found for this problem. But the instigating force (separatist leaders) are pushing innocent lives into the problem and in the process they are succumbed. Have you by any chance, think for the following questions ever in your life time. 1. Have any of the separatist leaders/their children getting killed in these incidents 2. The separatist leaders are asking for youth to take stones for liberation, but why they are asking for Visas for their children in good colleges outside the country 3. Why are these separatists always be a political leader from the background who could be get into the rule. All they need is power, when people don't support them democratically, they take these routes and think on liberation, they would get their turn. 4. Getting a separate country has its own set of problems, right from printing the currency to establishing them as a dignified country to the world. Do these separatist leaders have that futuristic visibility to march you towards dignity. 5. Even when separated from India, Pakistan is waiting on the West, China is claiming a part from top, how can you survive being a small state.
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