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Kashmir police break up Muharram processions, arrest mourners

Monday, 10 October 2016 6:33 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 10 October 2016 6:35 PM ]

Indian paramilitary troopers watch Kashmiri shia muslim mourners during a procession on the seventh day of Muharram in downtown Srinagar on October 9, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Syed Ali Safvi
Press TV, Indian-controlled Kashmir

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have heavily cracked down on Shia Muslims defying a curfew in the region to take part in Muharram processions. As Press TV's Syed Ali Safvi reports from Srinagar, scores of Shia Muslims have been arrested by Indian security forces.

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