A protester dies in Srinagar after being chased by police during a curfew as tensions continue to rise from India's presidential decree that's stripped Kashmir of its semi-autonomous rights
An Indian policeman lays concertina wire across a road during restrictions in Srinagar on August 6, 2019.
The scrapped constitutional provision was a formalisation of the then independent princely state's 1947 accession treaty with India. Despite a paralysing curfew, imposed to head off unrest, sporadic protests have been reported by residents in the main city, Srinagar.
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