Shops and businesses closed Sunday in Indian-controlled Kashmir after separatists fighting against Indian rule called for a strike a day after soldiers shot and killed two young men in the disputed region. Authorities also issued a curfew in the old parts of Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, the urban center of protests and clashes against Indian rule. The Indian army said soldiers fired in "self-defense" as crowd tried to "lynch" an officer and damaged at least four vehicles. Locals say Saturday's incident began when soldiers came into a village and started removing banners honoring recently killed rebels. Villagers say they resisted the move, threw stones at the soldiers and chanted anti-India slogans, leading to the soldiers opening fire.

Source: ABC News January 28, 2018 08:19 UTC