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28 March 2024

Four killed in Indian Kashmir ahead of Ramadan

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By AFP

Three policemen and a woman were killed in Indian Kashmir, police said Wednesday, as the restive Muslim-majority region prepared to begin the fasting month of Ramadan.

The woman was killed and eight other people injured when their bus was caught in cross-fire between Muslim residents and Indian soldiers during an ambush, police said.
 
Militants also killed three policemen in a separate attack about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir.
 
Violent anti-India protests have brought Kashmir's towns and cities to a standstill after a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11.
 
Over 50 people -- mostly young men and teenagers -- have died in the violence, most of them as a result of police firing, in the deadliest spate of protests to shake the region in two years.
 
Ramadan starts on Thursday or Friday, subject to the sighting of new moon.
 
In the past, Ramadan in Kashmir has been marked by increased violence as militants believe those who die fighting during the holy month gain extra heavenly rewards.
 
India-administered Kashmir has been the scene of a bitter Muslim insurgency since 1989 that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count.