Indian troops opened fire on thousands of protesters killing at least eight civilians from south Kashmir reports Al Jazeera.
The shooting came after tens of thousands of people defied a curfew in Kashmir to pay respects to a Kashmiri rebel fighter, Burwan Wani, who was shot dead by security forces.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, a local journalist, who travelled to the protest regions, said authorities had cut electricity, blocked roads and internet as part of a wider crackdown on protesters.
As thousands gathered on the streets in remembrance and protest, Indian officials suspended cellphone services in southern parts of Kashmir and blocked mobile internet in the region to prevent escalations in protests.
Mr Wani, who was in his early 20s had become one of the prominent faces in the Kashmiri resistance over the last five years, and was widely credited as reviving the armed resistance in Kashmir.
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