Army chief threatens to kill journalists

Soldiers beat a group of 17 journalists with sticks and batons as they covered a funeral procession in India’s troubled Kashmir province today, injuring at least three seriously.

The journalists - including a photographer for The Associated Press and a cameraman for Associated Press Television News - said they were beaten after the camp commander of India’s Border Security Force became enraged that they had not sought permission to cover the event in Srinigar.