Kashmir Protests Rage as India Mulls Army Law Repeal
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Indian police opened fire on protesters in Kashmir, reportedly killing 13 people, as security chiefs met to consider a roll back of laws that give armed forces wide powers to use force and arrest suspects in the state.
Amid a sharp escalation in clashes, senior army officials and ministers were to discuss whether to withdraw the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in four regions of Kashmir in India’s northwest. As they gathered, troops in the region shot at tens of thousands of protesters leaving 13 dead, Associated Press reported, the latest fatalities of a 21-year uprising.