Indian tourist dies in stone-throwing protest in Kashmir

(8 May 2018) An Indian tourist was killed during a stone-throwing protest in Kashmir, officials said Tuesday, as the disputed region shut down for a third day over the killings of civilians and rebels during weekend gun battles and anti-India protests.
A teenage boy who had been shot by Indian troops on Sunday died in a hospital, triggering more protests and clashes across the Kashmir valley.
Government troops fired tear gas and pellet guns to disperse stone throwing protesters in Srinagar, the region's main city.
The tourist, from India's Tamil Nadu state, was critically injured overnight when a stone thrown toward his taxi broke the window and hit his head as he and his parents were on their way back from a resort near western Narbal village, police said.
The 22-year-old tourist was transferred to a hospital in the region's main city of Srinagar, where he died overnight, police said.
Police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled the region and enforced a security lockdown in old parts of Srinagar, the urban heart of the anti-India protests.
India and Pakistan each administer part of Kashmir, but both claim it in its entirety.
Rebels have been fighting Indian rule since 1989, demanding Indian-controlled Kashmir be made part of Pakistan or become an independent country.

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