Kashmir: Protesters snatch 70 police guns - It took the CRPF and a conting- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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It took the CRPF and a contingent of local police a lot of grit and resolve to push back the mob.

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Looting of weapons from the police and armed forces, which was common a decade ago, had waned. It escalated recently after Wani's emergence, with the poster boy of Hizbul Mujahideen calling upon J&K youth to attack forces and snatch away their weapons.

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Kashmir violence: Death toll rises to 16

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Meanwhile, curfew-like restrictions continued in parts of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure for the second day today.

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Normal life across Valley remained paralysed due to a strike called by separatist groups to protest the killings.

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Separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, continue to be under house arrest while Mohammad Yasin Malik is also under preventive detention.

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