Kashmir police issue shoot-on-sight orders

Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir today, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew imposed on the region a day after troops battled protesters in the streets in violence which killed 19 people.

The region has been wracked by anti-India protests throughout the summer, but the chaos yesterday – exacerbated by reports of a Koran being desecrated in the United States – was the deadliest since large-scale demonstrations began in June.