Eleven killed in Kashmir clashes Monday

SRINAGAR - Eleven people were killed across the volatile Kashmir Valley Monday in violence that was initially triggered by a report that copies of the Quran were desecrated in the US.

While four people were killed in Tangmarg, where a Christian missionary school was torched, four died in Badgam, one in Pampore, one in Bandipora and a seven-year-old in Charar-e-Sharif.

With Monday’s deaths, the total number of people killed since the present phase of violent unrest began on June 11 has risen to 81.