Four killed including a separatist leader in firing in Kashmir

A prominent Hurriyat leader was killed in police firing which claimed a total of four lives on Monday. Curfew was quickly imposed in the state capital afterwards.
Earlier a protest march was staged by the separatists in an attempt to cross the Line of Control into POK . The protestors against the "economic blockade" in Jammu turned violent and the state police resorted to fire.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz (60), who joined thousands of marchers on the highway linking Srinagar to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, died at a hospital here. He was critically injured in police firing at Chahal village in Baramulla district. Doctors said the separatist leader died due to excessive blood loss.
Curfew was first imposed in Srinagar city but later clamped in the entire district after authorities feared trouble over the death of Aziz.