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Kashmiris protest killing of schoolteacher
HELD SRINAGAR: Thousands of villagers set government vehicles on fire in noisy demonstrations over the killing of a schoolteacher by Indian troops, officials said on Saturday.Residents accused the Indian troops of killing Abdul Rashid Mir in cold blood during frisking of civilians near a forest on Friday. An army statement, however, insisted Mir was killed accidentally after refusing to cooperate with a security check.
Police and residents said thousands of villagers have been holding noisy demonstrations against the army on Friday and Saturday. They have kept the body on a stretcher and refuse to bury the dead until a murder case is registered against the accused, a police officer said, adding more and more villagers were joining in the protests.
He said the angry villagers set fire to two government vehicles and forced a shutdown in one area, adding police used batons and tear gas to attempt to disperse the crowd on Saturday but that failed.
Kashmiris protest killing of schoolteacher