Kashmiri Shia hail slain India patriot

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Kashmiri Shia hail slain India patriot

Source: BBC

The funeral north of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir was just like those of countless others who have died violently in the insurgency over the past 20 years.

A son of the the soil was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in the village of Dub, north of Srinagar, on Tuesday, surrounded by thousands of mourners.

What made the ceremony unusual was that this was no militant who had died fighting the Indian army.

This was a Kashmiri who served with the Indian army and died fighting the militants.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7965451.stm

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