(23 Aug 2019) Clashes broke out in parts of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir after Friday prayers.
Angry protesters threw stones at Indian security forces while chanting freedom slogans.
Indian security forces responded with tear gas.
The stuation in the region has remained tense since August 5 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist-led government revoked Muslim-majority Kashmir's decades-old special status guaranteed under Article 370 of India's Constitution and sent thousands of troops to the region, which is split between archrivals Pakistan and India and claimed by both in its entirety.
The move by the Modi government has created anger among residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir and people in Pakistan.
Authorities intensified patrols Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city after posters appeared calling for a public march to a United Nations office to protest New Delhi's tightened grip on the disputed region.
Srinagar, the urban heart of resistance against India where about half a million people live, remains under a blockade.
Some vendors and shopkeepers complained that police were forcing them to resume business to "enforce normalcy" in Kashmir.

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