Kashmiris protest "India killing of two Muslim youth"

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Kashmiris protested India on Sunday over the army killing of two Muslim youth, police and witnesses said, Reuters reported.

In occupied Kashmir, India have imposed curfew in Sopore, Tujjar Sharief, Bumai, Seelu and adjoining areas after the people held massive protests against killing of three youth.
Authorities "have ordered a probe" into the deaths which took place on Saturday evening in north Kashmir after soldiers allegedly fired at a vehicle.
According to Kashmir Media Service, thousands of people took to the streets chanting anti-India and pro-liberation slogans. They told media men that "the youth were shot dead at Bomai, last night without any rhyme or reason".
"Indian forces go back, we want freedom", mourners shouted as they marched with the body of one of the victims in Bumai village 60 km ( 38 miles) north of Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital.
Kashmir was hit last year by some of the biggest protests in two decades against New Delhi occupation.
The Indian army said they are investigating the shooting incident in which three villagers were also wounded.
Authorities in the past have denied systematic human rights violations in Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ordered a magisterial enquiry into the incident to be completed in 15 days, an official statement said.
"He (Omar Abdullah) assured that exemplary punishment will be given to those found guilty."
The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in a statement, denounced "the killings and called upon the international community to take notice of the fact that India was relentlessly engaged in Kashmiris' genocide."
He urged India to withdraw its troops from the occupied territory so that atmosphere could be created for amicable solution of Kashmir dispute.
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Activists from the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic political Moment (JKDPM) shout slogans during a demonstration in Srinagar.
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