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Indian Kashmir on edge amid curfew after hanging of man convicted in 2001 attack on Parliament

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Kashmiri passengers rest on luggage as they wait for the Jammu-Srinagar bus services, temporarily suspended due to curfew in Srinagar, at a bus stand in Jammu, India, Saturday, Feb. 9,2013. A Kashmiri man Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 attack on India's Parliament, has been hanged in an Indian prison, a senior Indian Home Ministry official said Saturday. On Saturday morning thousands of police and paramilitary troops had fanned out across Indian Kashmir anticipating that protests and violence might follow news of the execution. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (The Associated Press)

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a market area during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A Kashmiri man Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 attack on India's Parliament, has been hanged in an Indian prison, a senior Indian Home Ministry official said Saturday. On Saturday morning thousands of police and paramilitary troops had fanned out across Indian Kashmir anticipating that protests and violence might follow news of the execution. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) (The Associated Press)

A Kashmiri civilian walks past an Indian policeman standing near a barbed wire during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. A Kashmiri man Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 attack on India's Parliament, has been hanged in an Indian prison, a senior Indian Home Ministry official said Saturday. On Saturday morning thousands of police and paramilitary troops had fanned out across Indian Kashmir anticipating that protests and violence might follow news of the execution. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) (The Associated Press)

Most of Indian Kashmir is paralyzed as a strict curfew imposed after the execution of a Kashmiri man convicted in a deadly 2001 attack on India's Parliament remains in effect.

Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged in New Delhi early Saturday, triggering protests across Indian Kashmir and prompting authorities to order people in most of the region to remain indoors indefinitely. Police say 23 policemen and 13 protesters were injured in Saturday's demonstrations.

Tens of thousands of security troops are fanned out across the Himalayan region.

Cable television and mobile Internet services have been shut down in most parts of the region, and most local newspapers were not available Sunday. One major paper said police came to its offices and asked management to hold off publishing Sunday's edition.