• Shiraz Ahmed is one of three suspected rebels killed in a gunbattle with government forces in South Kashmir
• The three men were thought to be members of the militant Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
• LeT is fighting against Indian control in Kashmir and believed to be responsible for the 2008 attacks in Mumbai
A series of extraordinary photos show how hundreds of Kashmiri villagers who turned out for the funeral of suspected terrorist Shiraz Ahmed, who was killed in a gunbattle with government forces.
Relatives sobbed while other mourners covered their faces in grief, as the funeral procession moved through the village of Panjran, 28 miles south of Srinagar in India.
Three suspected rebels were killed on November 20, during an encounter with security forces in Tral area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir.
Hundreds of Kashmiri villagers turned out for the funeral of suspected terrorist Shiraz Ahmed, killed in a gunbattle with government forces
Mourners watch as the funeral procession moves through the village of Panjran, 28 miles to the south of Srinagar in India