Two killed, 25 injured in fresh clashes in Indian Kashmir

Renewed scuffles have broken out between government forces and pro-independence protesters in Indian-controlled Kashmir, leaving two people dead and at least 25 others wounded.

According to the reports, police said the casualties came in Saturday’s clashes, during which police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.

An unnamed local police officer said a young man was killed as police and paramilitary soldiers tried to prevent the protesters from marching to a village in Shopian Hill district.

A 25-year-old man also succumbed to his pellet injuries in Anantnag district.

Indian-controlled Kashmir has witnessed violence since July, when Burhan Wani, a top figure in the pro-independence Hizb-ul-Mujahideen group, was killed in a shootout with Indian troops, acting on a tip, in Kokernag area.

At least 75 people have lost their lives and several thousand have been wounded in fresh Kashmir clashes.

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