At least four civilians killed by Indian police firing in Kashmir

At least four civilians were killed and ten were wounded by the gunfire of security forces against a protest near a mosque in the Indian part of the northern region of Kashmir, an official source reported. The incident occurred in the area of Gul, Ramban district, where members of the Border Security Forces (BSF) opened fire on a group of peopleprotesting because some officers had entered the temple without his shoes. The number of victims has been confirmed to local newspaper The Hindu by Deputy Minister of Interior of Kashmir, Sajjad Ahmad Kichlú, thoughsome media, which do not require their sources, bring to six the deceased. According Kichlú, a magnet and some protesters have also accused security forces had desecrated a Quran. A police source Ramban district has assured that the situation "under control" and that "there is no confirmation of deaths" but "only wounded.""The controls are on the ground to analyze what has happened.There are many rumors. At the moment we can not give details, "he said. Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority region in India, mostly Hindu, divided and disputed is the Pakistan and India since independence from the British Empire in 1947. These two countries have fought two wars for sovereignty and other smaller conflicts. In part administered by India emerged in the 90s and Pakistani support an insurgency against the state. In recent years, violence dropped to their lowest levels in two decades butthe hanging in February in New Delhi from Kashmiri militant Mohammed Afzal Guru , for participating in an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, has revived violence. The so-called Line of Control (LoC) that divides Kashmir is one of the most militarized areas in the world.