Police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds, defying a curfew in the town of Baramulla in the Indian-administered Kashmir imposed after the death of a teenage boy during an anti-Delhi protest.
Authorities said Monday that 30 policemen and ten protesters were wounded in clashes in Baramulla since Saturday.
The city has been hit by violent protests after a 12-year Muslim boy was killed and ten others injured Friday in clashes between police and stone-throwing youths protesting against Indian rule in the region. Witnesses say the boy died after a tear gas canister hit his head.
Following the incident, local authorities imposed a curfew and issued a protest ban in the region.
Angry Kashmiris, however, defied the curfew and poured into the streets shouting: "We want freedom" and "blood for blood" as police fired teargas canisters and used batons to break up the protesters, who retaliated by hurling stones at police.
Police have also detained a number of Kashmiris on Saturday just outside Srinagar as they were heading to Baramulla to join the protests.
"Adequate security forces have been deployed to deal with the situation," an official said, Dawn reported.
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