Indian Kashmir - Three people were killed in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years.
The deaths came two days after the worst single episode of violence in two decades of protests against Indian rule and are the latest in a three-month long series of demonstrations in the Himalayan region.
At least 10 people were seriously injured in the latest round of protests, in the Mendhar area of Poonch, a district which has rarely seen separatist demonstrations, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.
"We had to open fire when our repeated attempts failed to disperse the mob who were trying to reach to a nearby Christian missionary school in the area," a police official said.
The deaths came two days after the worst single episode of violence in two decades of protests against Indian rule and are the latest in a three-month long series of demonstrations in the Himalayan region.
At least 10 people were seriously injured in the latest round of protests, in the Mendhar area of Poonch, a district which has rarely seen separatist demonstrations, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.
"We had to open fire when our repeated attempts failed to disperse the mob who were trying to reach to a nearby Christian missionary school in the area," a police official said.
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