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SRINAGAR: The army has been deployed in Sopore and Baramulla town of Indian Occupied Kashmir as the protest against killing of innocent Kashmiris continues, said sources Tuesday. The leader of All Parties Hurriyar Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has annonced the peaceful protest giving the call for civil disobedience movement against the firing and killing of civilians including a 9 years old child by Indian security forces. The protests still continue in the whole Kashmir valley. The Indian security forces have put many Hurriayat leaders including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani under house arrest. According to Indian TV, the administration has deployed army in Sopore and Baramulla to bring the situation under control while the curfew in Sopore still continues for the forth day. Three Kashmiri youths have been killed during last two weeks while 16 innocent civilians were killed by Indian security since January.

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...