Protests hit Kashmir after killing of students by police

Protests hit Kashmir after killing of students by police  :-

A protest has taken place in Indian-administered Kashmir after police said they killed two alleged rebels and two civilians in the disputed Himalayan territory.
The unrest came as authorities maintained tight security for a Bavarian music concert being staged amid separatist objections.
Police said two of the men were armed rebels, but residents of the area described all four as civilians and said troops shot them as they rode past a security camp on a motorcycle.

Police Inspector-General Nalin Prabhat said on Saturday that police were retaliating against alleged rebels who had opened fire on a police camp in the area, which is about 50km south of Srinagar, the main city in the Indian portion of Kashmir.
Police said they recovered weapons and were working to identify the rebels. They confirmed that two civilians were also killed and one person was injured in the shootout.
According to Associated Press news agency, hundreds of residents, disputing the police account, swarmed the streets of the main town in Shopian district after the shooting. Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse the crowds.
Adil Ahmed, a 26-year-old student who was shot twice in the stomach, said from a hospital bed that there were no alleged rebels at the site of the incident, and that police gunfire was unprovoked. He said the two men accused of being rebels by police were actually students riding a motorcycle to a local exam centre.