Security restrictions were also in place in some parts of volatile southern Kashmir. The two rebels were killed and at least three soldiers wounded on Monday during India’s intensified counterinsurgency operation in southern Kashmir. Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers for the two slain militants at their native villages in southern Kashmir on Tuesday. The funeral prayers for the three slain men in Baramulla and the two rebels in southern Kashmir offered a clear dichotomy. While a few hundred participated in the burial of the Baramulla men, thousands thronged the villages of the two slain rebels to pay homage.

Source: National Post May 01, 2018 01:10 UTC