Curfew imposed in Kashmir after violence over Burhan Wani's killing

Curfew imposed in Kashmir after violence over Burhan Wani's killing

FP Staff July 10, 2016, 16:53:03 IST

Sixteen people were killed and more than 200 others injured in Kashmir on 9 July after thousands defied a curfew following the death of Burhan Wani.

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A Kashmiri sits after feeding pigeons during a curfew in Srinagar on 10 July, 2016. Sixteen people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in disputed Indian-administered Kashmir on 9 July after thousands defied a curfew following the death of a top rebel commander. AFP.

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Kashmiri mourners take photographs of the body of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, the new-age poster boy for the rebel movement in the restive Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of his funeral in Tral, his native town, 42kms south of Srinagar on July 9, 2016. A top commander from the largest rebel group in Indian-administered Kashmir was killed in a gun battle with government forces on July 8, police said. Young and media savvy, Burhan Wani was a top figure in Hizbul Mujahideen and had a one million rupee ($14,900) bounty on his head. Wani, 22, joined the rebel movement at the age of 15 and in recent years had been behind a huge recruitment drive to the group’s ranks, attracting young and educated Kashmiris to the decades-old fight for independence of the restive disputed region. Viewed locally as a hero, his death sparked protests in nearby Anantnag town, with hundreds taking to the streets shouting independence slogans and lauding Wani as a revolutionary, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO

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Kashmiri mourners carry the body of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, the new-age poster boy for the rebel movement in the restive Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of his funeral in Tral, his native town, 42kms south of Srinagar on July 9, 2016. A top commander from the largest rebel group in Indian-administered Kashmir was killed in a gun battle with government forces on July 8, police said. Young and media savvy, Burhan Wani was a top figure in Hizbul Mujahideen and had a one million rupee ($14,900) bounty on his head. Wani, 22, joined the rebel movement at the age of 15 and in recent years had been behind a huge recruitment drive to the group’s ranks, attracting young and educated Kashmiris to the decades-old fight for independence of the restive disputed region. Viewed locally as a hero, his death sparked protests in nearby Anantnag town, with hundreds taking to the streets shouting independence slogans and lauding Wani as a revolutionary, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO

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Indian paramilitary troopers patrol during a curfew in Srinagar on 10 July, 2016. Sixteen people were killed and more than 200 others injured in disputed Indian-administered Kashmir on 9 July after thousands defied a curfew following the death of a top rebel commander. AFP

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A view of a deserted street during a curfew in Srinagar on 10 July, 2016.  AFP

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Indian police beat back a Kashmiri protester after carrying away the body of a slain youth from outside a hospital in Srinagar on July 9, 2016. Clashes spread across the disputed territory as protesters angry at the killing on Friday of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) leader Burhan Wani torched police stations and threw rocks at army camps in the south of the restive region.Four have died of bullet wounds and 60 injured have been brought in so far, six of them are in a critical condition," a staff member at a hospital in the southern town of Anantnag told AFP, asking to remain anonymous. AFP PHOTO

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