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Islamabad. Thousands of demonstrators requiring food subsidies, electricity and other services, faced with the police in Kashmir, controlled by Pakistan, on Wednesday, leaving four people who died and more than 100 were injured, the police said.
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According to the local policeman Mohammad Afzal, this violence broke out when armed protesters, carrying weapons and sticks, attacked officers who were deployed through Kashmir to prevent them from blocking the roads and damaging property.
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He confirmed the death of three policemen and civilians, noting that the victims were included at least eight officers who remained in critical condition after he was hit on the head with sticks and stones.
The video circulating on social networks showed that the protesters in the hilly areas of Kashmir hit the police, beating them with sticks and throwing them with stones. Some demonstrators were also noticed, looking up from the form of officers. Police officials said that their forces were not affected by the fire, claiming that they abstained to avoid further death of life.
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The Prime Minister in Pakistan Kashmir, Chaudhri Anvarul Hak, confirmed the losses at a press conference in Islamabad.
He said that the demonstrators belonged to the Avami joint action committee, the alliance of groups that blocked the roads and ensured the closure of Monday in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan. Neighbors from South Asia fought with three wars since their independence from the British colonial rule in 1947.
Khak said that his administration fulfilled 90% of the requirements of protesters, including a decrease in electricity tariffs, local government reforms and the abolition of cases filed against demonstrators. But he said that two requirements – a reduction in the number of ministers and the rejection of reserved places for refugees -Kashmir refugees – can be considered only through legislation.
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The khak said that he was ready to restart negotiation stops, noting that the office members were placed in Muzaffarabad and Ravalakot to interact with the protesters. But he warned the Alliance to stop his agitation and return to negotiations, warning that the use of citizens to incite riots would only immerse the region into chaos and anarchy.
“This paradise valley should not turn into a battlefield,” said Tarik Phazal Chaudri, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in the government of Prime Minister Shekhbaz Sharif. He said that the government is still ready for negotiations with the Alliance to solve all problems peacefully.
The latest clashes occurred two days after the alliance members attacked the world rally in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the region, killing one person and injuring more than two dozen. The officials said that most residents ignored the alliance strike and accused the protesters of resorting to violence to give their demands.
The authorities said that discounted wheat and electricity were already provided to residents. Four others died during such violence in Kashmir last year before the government reached an agreement with demonstrators on the provision of subsidies.
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