Forensic tests confirmed the rape of two young women whose deaths sparked more than a week of violent protests in Indian Kashmir, police said, increasing the potential for more unrest on Monday by demonstrators who blame Indian troops for the killings.
Security forces erected metal barricades and laid down razor wire to block access to and from Srinagar, the divided Himalayan region's main city. Separatist groups have called for a protest march Monday to Shopian, a town 60 kilometers south of Srinagar, to express solidarity with the families of the dead women. More...
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