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SRINAGAR, India-Police shot dead at least 13 people in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim protests against what they termed an economic blockade by Hindus over a land row began to morph into independence calls, officials said. Violence swept up the neighboring Hindu-dominated Jammu region as well, where two people were killed and several injured when thousands of Hindu and Muslim protesters clashed with each other and with police.In Kashmir, at least 200 people, including 85 policemen, were hurt and 13 protesters killed in a dozen separate incidents of police firing a day after a separatist leader was killed by police while trying to lead Muslim traders into Pakistan. Muslim protesters shouted slogans against the government as Kashmir's main separatist alliance, the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, buried senior leader Sheikh Aziz, among the four people killed by police as he led Monday's march."This is not protest against land transfer, in fact this is anger against India," Pakiza Dar, a college teacher, yelled."Down with security forces, we want freedom," others shouted.The land row has sparked some of Kashmir's worst religious riots in recent years. At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured.The dispute began after the Kashmir government promised to give forest land to the trust that runs Amarnath, a cave shrine visited by Hindu pilgrims. Many Muslims were enraged. To read more go to:PS:It always seems that you can cannot RAGE with MUSLIMS...Now in India...
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