Shrine Protests Paralyze Kashmir

Unsuccessfully, thousands of police attempted to keep people off the streets in Indian Kashmir on Sunday as mass protests continued for a seventh day. This was against what the demonstrators charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements in the Muslim majority region. As a 22 year old protester died and the unrest deepened on Sunday, this brought the week's death toll to four. Paramilitary soldiers and police turned out in full force in Srinagar. This is the region's main city. They attempted to enforce what amounted to an undeclared curfew.