SRINAGAR, India — Government forces opened fire on protesters Sunday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing five people and wounding dozens more who had been trying to reach the site of gunbattle in which soldiers killed five rebels. As the rebels and soldiers fought, government forces also fired bullets, shotgun pellets and tear gas at the protesters. Rebels have been fighting Indian rule since 1989, demanding Indian-controlled Kashmir be made part of Pakistan or become an independent country. On Saturday, Indian troops killed three suspected rebels during a gunbattle in Srinagar, while one civilian was killed when a police armoured vehicle ran over him during clashes with government forces. Anti-India protests and clashes continued in the area and also spread to some other towns and villages of southern Kashmir.

Source: National Post May 06, 2018 06:16 UTC