DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and 200 others were wounded as Indian forces opened fire on thousands of protesters during a mass funeral for a slain rebel fighter in Kashmir.

Shiv Murari Sahai, a top Indian police official told a press conference on Saturday that eight people from south Kashmir district were killed during the protests, including that of one youth who drowned in a river after being chased by paramilitary forces. 

Tens of thousands of people defied a curfew in parts of Kashmir on Saturday to pay homage to Burhan Wani, the rebel fighter and so-called poster boy of the new Kashmiri resistance, resulting in clashes with police and paramilitary, Al Jazeera reports on Sunday (July 10). 

Wani was shot dead along with two other fighters by security forces and police in Bumdoora village on Friday, 85km south of Srinagar, prompting mass mourning across the valley.

BDST: 1200 HRS, July 10, 2016
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