AdvertisementsDespite suggestions the cases may have been fabricated or fueled by hysteria, the consequences have been all too real. Groups armed with iron rods and knives patrol the Jammu and Kashmir capital of Srinagar and other towns after dark looking for suspects. Five people were wounded Wednesday when Indian soldiers opened fire on a stone-throwing crowd who thought troops were protecting a braid-chopper. In Muslim-majority Kashmir most women have long hair kept under a scarf when in public. “We have so much human intelligence that I don’t need any psy-ops,” Kashmir’s inspector general of police, Munir Ahmed Khan, told AFP.

Source: Manila Times October 22, 2017 16:52 UTC