Police officer beaten to death in Indian-controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A police officer in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city was beaten to death after he 解雇する/砲火/射撃d at a group of people who 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd him of 秘かに調査するing on worshippers during the holiest night of the year for イスラム教徒s, police and 証言,証人/目撃するs said.

The lynching occurred outside Jamia Masjid, the main イスラム教寺院 in Srinagar, late Thursday during the 祝賀s of Laylat al Qadr, or "Night of 力/強力にする," which 祝う/追悼するs the night the Quran was 明らかにする/漏らすd to the Prophet Muhammad.

Men asked the officer, who was wearing 非軍事の 着せる/賦与するs, to identify himself while he was taking pictures on his cellphone. によれば 証言,証人/目撃するs, the officer panicked, drew out his ピストル and 解雇する/砲火/射撃d, 負傷させるing three 非軍事のs.

証言,証人/目撃するs said more people 組み立てる/集結するd and snatched his 武器 while (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing him to death. His companion, also in 非軍事の 着せる/賦与するs, managed to 逃げる, 証言,証人/目撃するs said.

The 出来事/事件 followed 衝突/不一致s between 居住(者)s and 政府 軍隊s in the area.

Police 長,指導者 S.P. Vaid said the officer was on 義務 at the イスラム教寺院 and some people "の中で the worshippers lynched and 殉教者d him." He said two 申し立てられた/疑わしい 攻撃者s were 逮捕(する)d and a third 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑う has been identified.

Kashmir's 最高の,を越す elected 公式の/役人, 長,指導者 大臣 Mehbooba Mufti, told reporters at the officer's 花冠 laying 儀式 that the police were 演習ing "最大限 抑制 as they were 取引,協定ing with their own people."

"If they run out of patience, it will be a very difficult 状況/情勢," she said.

Since last year, police have ますます come under attack from both anti-India 抗議する人s and 反逆者/反逆するs fighting against Indian 支配する. Many policemen have been killed and their homes ransacked by 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd 交戦的なs in a 警告 to 地元の police 公式の/役人s to stop 参加するing in counterinsurgency 操作/手術s.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a 最高の,を越す 分離主義者 leader and Kashmir's 長,指導者 聖職者の who was 現在の in the main イスラム教寺院 at the time of the officer's lynching, 非難する ed the 出来事/事件 in a tweet on Friday as a "残虐な 行為/法令/行動する."

"暴徒 暴力/激しさ & public lynching is outside the parameters of our values & 宗教... We cannot 許す 明言する/公表する brutality to snatch our humanity & values," he tweeted.

一方/合間, 当局 Friday 課すd stringent 外出禁止令 in old parts of Srinagar and did not 許す Friday 祈りs at the Jamia Masjid.

The last Friday of the 急速な/放蕩なing month of Ramadan is 観察するd as "Al-Quds Day" and "Kashmir Day" in the 地域 in 団結 with Kashmiris and Palestinians.

核の-武装した 競争相手s India and Pakistan each 治める part of Kashmir, but both (人命などを)奪う,主張する the Himalayan 領土 in its entirety. 反逆者/反逆する groups have been fighting since 1989 for Kashmir's independence or 合併 with 隣接地の Pakistan. Nearly 70,000 people have been killed in the fighting and the 続いて起こるing Indian 厳重取締. Anti-India 感情 runs 深い の中で the 地域's mostly イスラム教徒 全住民 and most people support the 反逆者/反逆するs' 原因(となる) against Indian 支配する.

India has (刑事)被告 Pakistan of arming and training the 反逆者/反逆するs, which Pakistan 否定するs.

反逆者/反逆する groups have 大部分は been 抑えるd by Indian 軍隊s in 最近の years and public 対立 to Indian 支配する is now principally 表明するd through street 抗議するs.

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