Kashmiri boy killed by Indian forces: police

Published March 14, 2014
A teenager was killed and two others injured by Indian forces as protesters threatened to attack their armoured vehicle near Srinagar on Friday. – File Photo by AP
A teenager was killed and two others injured by Indian forces as protesters threatened to attack their armoured vehicle near Srinagar on Friday. – File Photo by AP

SRINAGAR: Police say Indian government forces shot and killed a teenage Kashmiri boy and wounded two others as hundreds of rock-throwing protesters threatened to attack their armoured vehicle in the Indian-held Kashmir.

Police officer Abdul Ghani Mir said the violence erupted after Friday prayers as government forces tried to stop the protesters from holding a street demonstration against Indian rule in the Himalayan region.

The shooting occurred in Naidkhai village, nearly 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of the Indian Kashmir's main city, Srinagar.

Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region claimed by both India and Pakistan. The two neighbours have fought two wars over the control of Kashmir since they won independence from Britain in 1947.

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