Indian forces fire on Kashmir protesters; 1 killed

Published June 23, 2014 1:25pm ET



SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A protester was killed and four others were wounded Monday when Indian government forces in Kashmir fired at demonstrators protesting the killing of a suspected rebel in an earlier gunbattle, police said.

An officer said residents clashed with troops and tried to burn an armored vehicle in Sopore, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) northwest of Srinagar, Kashmir’s main city. The protest occurred soon after an 18-hour gunbattle between militants and Indian troops in which the suspected rebel was killed.

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