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Kashmir violence: Six killed in clashes during by-election | Kashmir violence: Six killed in clashes during by-election |
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Six people are dead and scores injured after police clashed with protesters during a by-election in Indian-administered Kashmir. | Six people are dead and scores injured after police clashed with protesters during a by-election in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
Paramilitary forces fired bullets and shotgun pellets as people protesting against Indian rule stormed polling stations near Srinagar. | Paramilitary forces fired bullets and shotgun pellets as people protesting against Indian rule stormed polling stations near Srinagar. |
Separatist leaders had called for a boycott of the vote. | Separatist leaders had called for a boycott of the vote. |
Muslim-majority Kashmir is at the centre of a decades-old territorial dispute between India and Pakistan. | Muslim-majority Kashmir is at the centre of a decades-old territorial dispute between India and Pakistan. |
Both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety and control different parts of it. | |
Why were they protesting? | |
Rebel groups in Indian-administered Kashmir have for decades called for either independence or a union with Pakistan. | |
These groups have rejected local elections and urged voters to boycott Sunday's poll, which took place after a politician resigned over what he described as the "anti-people" agenda of the Indian government. | |
Election officials reported a voter turnout of just 6.5%. | |
The Indian government deployed tight security ahead of the polling, with 20,000 additional troops sent to the area. | |
Internet services were also shut down in an attempt to hold a peaceful poll. |