SRINAGAR, Sep 19 : Three more protesters succumbed to injuries in hospital on Sunday in Indian-occupied Kashmir as violence against rule from New Delhi deepened, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 102, police sources said. "Curfew which was clamped a week earlier continued the seventh day which brought life of the locals to standstill in the occupied valley," sources said. Sources said that one of the three who succumbed to wounds was injured in a firing incident at Palhalan in Pattan area of Baramulla district and another was injured at Khanabal in Anantnag district yesterday. The third persons were injured on September 16 at Lethpora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. The protesters died in two separate hospitals Sunday after being injured on Saturday. Yesterday, three persons were killed and 30 others injured in violence in Kashmir. Two persons were killed and three others sustained injuries as security forces allegedly opened fire on a group of persons coming out of a mosque at Palhalan in Pattan area, 32 kms from here, in Baramulla district. Government forces have been battling months of violent demonstrations in the mainly Muslim region that were ignited by the police killing of a 17-year-old student on June 11. A total of 105 protesters and bystanders -including children -have been killed, mostly by security forces firing on demonstrators after being pelted with stones. One policeman has also died. On Saturday, police and paramilitary forces fired on fresh anti-India demonstrations in Kashmir, killing three protesters and injuring over a dozen. Fifteen police and paramilitary forces were also injured during day-long clashes in the valley. Authorities briefly relaxed the strict curfew on Saturday in most parts of Kashmir to allow locals to stock up on food and medicine. Clashes erupted between Indian police and protesters at three places, police said, but no casualties were reported. On Sunday, police sealed neighborhoods with barbed wires and asked residents to stay indoors. "Anyone violating the curfew will be dealt with sternly," roared announcements made by loud-speaker fitted police vehicles in Srinagar. Scores of people at Srinagar's main hospital pleaded with security forces to be allowed to go to their homes to bring medicines and water for the patients but their pleas were ignored. Locals living near the hospitals have been distributing free food among the attendants, while patients continue to get food from the hospital. But there are no life-saving medicines and drinking water.
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