Srinagar erupts in protest over death penalty
Police fired teargas shells in Srinagar on Wednesday to quell violent protests over the planned execution of a Kashmiri man for his role in a 2001 militant attack on the parliament. Hundreds of Kashmiri men took to the streets of Srinagar hurling stones at police and vehicles, burning tyres and blocking roads, a day after a New Delhi court set Oct. 20 as the date to hang Mohammed Afzal. Full Story