SRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of anti-India protesters clashed with police and paramilitary soldiers after Friday prayers despite a rigid curfew being reimposed in most of Kashmir following weeks of unrest that has killed 15 people.
People were not allowed to attend prayers at Srinagar's main Jamia mosque for a third successive Friday, but authorities did not stop residents from attending prayers at smaller local mosques in the disputed Himalayan region's main city.
People who attended Friday prayers at mosques joined anti-India protests afterward. Hundreds of protesters threw rocks at police and paramilitary soldiers who then fired tear gas to quell the protests, a police officer said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Clashes also broke out Friday in Anantnag, Kupwara and Baramulla towns where government forces fired tear gas to disperse the rock-throwing protesters, police said.
No injuries were immediately reported.
