Hans Rustad Det ble en blodig dag i Kashmir til tross for portforbud. 13 mennesker ble skutt og drept, blant dem en politimann. En offentlig bygning og en kristen skole ble brent ned. Noe av aggresjonen var rettet mot USA pga rykter om at deler av en Koran var blitt revet i filler.
Indian forces fought Kashmiri demonstrators in street battles Monday that killed 15 people — including one police officer — in the deadliest day in a summer of violence challenging Indian rule in the disputed territory.
Reports of a Quran desecration in the United States intensified the anger, with activists chanting «Down with America» and burning an effigy of President Barack Obama in a rare anti-U.S. protest here.
Despite a rigid curfew after a weekend of violence, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets Monday, throwing rocks, torching government buildings and a Christian school, and chanting, «Go India, go back. We want freedom.»
Men det aktivistene i Kashmir risikerer å oppnå er at India og USA føler de har samme fiende.
