Two suspected rebels, civilian killed in India-held Kashmir
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SRINAGAR: Two suspected rebels and a civilian were killed in a fierce gunbattle in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, an Indian security official said Friday.
Central Reserve Police Force Inspector General Nalin Prabhat said the clash began Thursday and raged all night.
He said the civilian was hit in the crossfire and succumbed to his injuries. However, local residents said civilians began throwing stones at the troops, who responded with shots, killing one of them.
Also read: Kashmir killings: Indian soldiers get life in jail for ‘fake encounter’
There was no independent confirmation of the incident and no immediate comment from rebel groups fighting Indian rule.
Kashmir has been wracked for decades by a deadly conflict stemming from a restive population that wants to either secede from India or join Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan claim the region in its entirety, although it's divided between them.
About 68,000 people have been killed in the region since 1989 in an armed uprising and Indian military crackdown. While the armed rebellion has largely been suppressed, anti-India resentment still runs deep in Kashmir and is mainly expressed through street protests.
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Nov 14, 2014 06:29pm
an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind- Mahatma Gandhi.
the militants shud lay down arms.
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Nov 14, 2014 06:43pm
We can't blame the army. There is no other way for the army to deal with the militants.
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Nov 14, 2014 06:45pm
rebels...??
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Nov 14, 2014 06:54pm
Biased reporting. Nowhere mentioned 3 security men also got injured in this encounter.
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Nov 14, 2014 07:01pm
Why throw stones, that too at the Army? Do they seriously expect the Army to throw stones back at them?
As far as rebels are concerned, the less said about them the better
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Nov 14, 2014 07:06pm
Rebels??? ..... More like freedom fighters!!!
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Nov 14, 2014 07:13pm
This one is not 'staged encounter' then?
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Nov 14, 2014 07:18pm
@Paul - Pelting by rioters goes on every where in the world at a protest. The pelters don't get bullets in return.
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Nov 14, 2014 07:31pm
what the pic has to do with anything? Media is simply trying to milk to Pakistani sentiment
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Nov 14, 2014 07:32pm
@Indian Christian , yes there is a way, give kashmiris what your leadership promised, the right of self determination. Till then, india and indian army shall be blamed for all atrocities & human rights violations.
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Nov 14, 2014 07:34pm
Good work from Indian troops.
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Nov 14, 2014 07:52pm
@justice for kashmiris dream on.
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Nov 14, 2014 08:06pm
Do you expect the CRPF to take on terrorists with flowers? It's a gunfight. You will get shot. Anybody providing assistance to the terrorists will get shot.
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Nov 14, 2014 08:21pm
And so starts another bout of useless and biased comments from our much learned article readers. From their opinion you would believe they were actually reporting from within the armed forces.
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Nov 14, 2014 08:27pm
" World's Largest Democracy" in action............
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Nov 14, 2014 08:52pm
Local Kashmiri People should also understand the situations of the Army soldiers, they are human, they have family and they risk their life everyday fighting these militants. So if you would throw stone on them what would you get?
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Nov 14, 2014 09:03pm
@raja hindustani
Biased??? asked your newspapers .. how they report. Pakistan press and Dawn is much better you comment here daily.
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Nov 14, 2014 09:22pm
Rebels? A Pakistani newspaper used this term for the first time. Changed foreign policy?
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Nov 14, 2014 09:47pm
Sindh police was spoiled during Zulfiqar Mirza tenure. Being a friend of lyari gang war criminals, he appointed almost criminals in police department and now it is very difficult for the shy CM to sack them
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Nov 14, 2014 09:52pm
@Shah: I didn't called entire Dawn biased. I was referring to only this report. Dawn is one of the most respected news portal in south asia..and I have great regard for it.
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Nov 14, 2014 10:47pm
@indian If you give them independence, they will
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Nov 15, 2014 01:23am
Rebels, good one.
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Nov 15, 2014 01:42am
@justice for Kashmir India should mix Kashmir with all the people across the states .Then the problem will end .
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Nov 15, 2014 05:53am
@Harmony: "Pelting by rioters goes on every where in the world at a protest. The pelters don't get bullets in return." It does not.
The Kashmiri protesters were throwing stones, and stones have the capacity to cause grievous injury or death, although they do not usually do so. The police forces, until then trained and equipped against armed militants, responded with the weapons and training they had received, i.e., with bullets. The J&K govt eventually realized the error, re-equipped and retrained the police for handling civil protestors, resulting in fewer deaths.
Police must be able to use force greater than that used by those they must confront. Against stones, I think rubber bullets and tear gas are reasonable.
But most protesters in the Western world do not throw stones or deliberately attempt to injure the police. It happens, but not often, imho.
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Nov 15, 2014 06:00am
*Indian-Occupied.
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Nov 15, 2014 07:57am
Stone pelting is a legitimate and recognised form of expressing anger and frustration and feeling empowered and emboldened. The entire Intifida in Palestine consisted of stone pelting.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:08am
So these Indian forces are subject to any courts for killing the innocent civilians?
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Nov 15, 2014 11:22am
Indian forces are killing unarmed civilians and in return they are given gallantry awards on 26 January by Indian govt for so called bravery of killing innocent civilians if India keeps the promise of its chacha she will not get 5% of people in its favour I am from Srinagar and for all Indians out there
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Nov 15, 2014 11:26am
@Paul
Thy threw stones because they despise Indian army for occupying their homeland and suppressing them.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:28am
@Sachin Dhawan
I think Indian government should also respect the basic human right of self determination of Kashmiri people.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:49pm
Again another fake encounter by Indians. They are killing Kashmiris all the time and Modi want Kashmiris to vote BJP. He is mental.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:52pm
@Harmony ... even a direct hit of stone can cause death. or at least serious permanent disablement. Those on line of duty should stand and just let the stone hit them ? Try pelting stone in China or any non muslim country and measure their response.
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Nov 15, 2014 02:22pm
@David Salmon - Yes, in rest of the world the forces use riot shields for their protection and to disperse them they use tear gas, water cannons etc.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:02pm
India should learn something from excellent work done by Pakistan , entire regions are cleared to find and kill militants , why same cant be done in kashmir , vacate everybody from kashmir let them live as IDP's in other states and once kashmir is clean let it be made as tourist place , i.e. nobody can settle their not even kashmiris , then only peace can come to the valley.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:14pm
@David Salmon India should start Zarb-e-Azb in kashmir and vacate all people and send them elsewhere , then this problem will end.
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