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India-Pakistan
Protests erupt in Kashmir after youth slain by army
2012-02-12
[Dawn] Protesters blocked a main highway in restive Indian administered Kashmire on Saturday after a young man was rubbed out by the army in what military officials described as an "accidental" shooting.

Ashiq Hussain Rather, 22, was killed late on Friday when a soldier accidentally fired his rifle as security forces combed the area for Death Eaters, the army said.

The killing occurred in the Baramulla district of the scenic Kashmire valley.

"It was a case of the accidental discharge of a single bullet by a soldier which led to the unfortunate incident," Lieutenant General S.A. Hasnain told the Press Trust of India.

"The dear departed was innocent. Inquiries have been ordered," he added.

Police used baton charges and teargas to disperse the protesters who were blocking traffic along the main Kupwara-Baramulla highway in Indian administered Kashmire, according to media reports.

There are nearly a dozen Kashmire Death Eater groups fighting for the divided Mohammedan-majority region to become part of Pakistain and over 47,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the separatist insurgency in Kashmire in 1989.

But Death Eater violence has dropped sharply in Kashmire since India and Pakistain, which each hold part of the Himalayan region and claim it in full, started a grinding of the peace processor in 2004.

The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmire State, Omar Abdullah, said the government would investigate the death.

"We will ascertain the facts and any action will follow after that," Abdullah told India's NDTV channel.
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