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Occupied Kashmir shuts over election plan, violence

Cnews OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Indian Kashmir shut down for a day on Monday when separatists called a strike to protest against plans to hold elections in the disputed region and the killing of Muslims by police during pro-independence rallies.India's Election Commission held a meeting with political parties to decide on poll dates for Kashmir, where separatists fighting for the Himalayan region's secession from India have traditionally boycotted polls."An election is no solution to the Kashmir dispute," senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani said. "There shall be a general shutdown on Monday against the election meeting."Streets in the Himalayan region were largely deserted, except for security forces on patrol. Shops, businesses and schools were closed. Police clashed with stone-throwing protesters in several places in Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital, witnesses said.Muslim-majority Kashmir and Hindu-majority Jammu, along with the Ladakh region, fo...

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