Two die in new Kashmir protests

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Two people have been killed and several injured as thousands of protesters held pro-independence rallies in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
They say that protests have been held across the Kashmir valley. A curfew is in force in Shopian town where one person died, reports BBC.
Another person died in the summer capital, Srinagar, where a separatist leader was also injured. Police in Srinagar used batons and tear gas to disperse the crowds.
Doctors at the district hospital in Srinagar say 17 injured have been brought in for treatment. One of them, who had a chest injury, died.
Police say that separatist leader Mohammed Yasin Malik received only minor injuries in the violence.
Members of his Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front party say that he has been injured in the thigh and the police acted violently and without provocation in the protests.