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Clashes and violence mar polls in Indian Kashmir

By Washington Examiner
Published May 7, 2014 2:55pm ET
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Clashes and violence mar polls in Indian Kashmir
An Indian paramilitary soldier guards as Kashmiri villagers line-up to cast their votes during the eighth phase of voting of the Indian parliamentary elections at Panzinar, 28 kilometers (17.5 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of parliament expected on May 16. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) | Mukhtar Khan

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Violence flared in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday as millions of Indians voted on the penultimate day of national elections.

An explosion in a polling booth injured a paramilitary soldier, and three other troops were wounded overnight when suspected militants fired at them, according to Kishore Prasad, spokesman of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force.

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