Eight killed in Kashmir after Rebel's death

Eight protesters were killed and more than 200 others injured in disputed Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday after thousands defied a curfew following the death of a top rebel commander, officials said.

More 100 protestors with bullet injuries were brought into different hospitals, health officials said.

Ninety government forces personnel were also injured during the clashes that spread across the disputed territory as protesters angry at the killing on Friday of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) leader Burhan Wani torched police stations and threw rocks at army camps in the south of the restive region.

Wani, a 22-year-old commander of Kashmir's largest rebel group HM, was killed along with two other rebels during a brief gun battle with government forces.