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Offline TomSea

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Thousands protest in Kashmir after troops kill six including civilians
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Police fired tear gas when thousands defied a curfew in Indian Kashmir and took to the streets Monday in protest at the killing by soldiers of six people including four alleged civilians.

Indian authorities had shut schools and suspended internet services as tension mounted over the shooting of apparent civilians at a military checkpoint in southern Kashmir.

But thousands of demonstrators still clashed with police and troops across the territory, one police officer told AFP.

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The last paragraph states India have half a million troops in their own state of Kashmir, a state with a Muslim-majority.  It's at the very top of India. I think this illustrates also, if one goes into a foreign country, you better have ample manpower.

The purple state at the tip.