Protesters, police clash in Kashmir
Police fired tear gas and used truncheons to control hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in Indian-controlled Kashmir who were protesting alleged slayings of civilians by security forces, an official said.
Twelve people were detained and a police driver was injured by a stone, said Ahmed Khan, a senior police official.
Government officials have exhumed five bodies in different parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir in a rare investigation of allegations of civilians being killed by security forces.
Six police officers have been accused of killing innocent people and claiming they were militants in order to receive rewards.
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