SRINAGAR, India – Indian forces have fired warning shots to push angry people back into their homes as they enforced a curfew in a town in the Indian portion of Kashmir where clashes between Muslims and Hindus during Eid celebrations killed at least two people and injured another 24.
State director-general of police Ashok Prasad says the situation was tense, although no fresh violence was reported Saturday.
Troops in armored vehicles drove through the streets of Kishtwar, a town 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, where rival groups attacked each other on Friday with firearms, stones and sticks.
Anti-India feelings run deep in Kashmir, where about a dozen rebel groups have been fighting against Indian rule since 1989.
