More than a dozen people were hurt Friday when Indian police used teargas to disperse hundreds of angry Kashmiri Muslims protesting against the Israeli attacks on Gaza.Yawn.
The protesters took to the streets outside the main mosque in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, after Friday prayers, chanting "down with Israel."
They carried banners reading "stop genocide of Palestinians" and "US, Israel don't provoke Muslims to become terrorists like you."
As the protesters tried to march towards the city centre, police used batons and fired teargas to disperse them. Protesters retaliated by pelting the security forces with stones.
"More than a dozen people, including some policemen, have been injured so far," a police officer, Ishfaq Ahmed said.
The marchers set fire to US flags.
Earlier, hundreds of Muslims burnt Israeli flags and chanted anti-Israel and anti-US slogans as they staged a similar protest near Srinagar's main commercial district of Lal Chowk.
Carrying pro-Palestinian banners and portraits of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, they marched through the streets chanting, "death to Israel" and "death to US."
Meanwhile, the terrorists announced a Day of Wrath, which is redundant considering every day in the Muslim world is a Day of Wrath against someone.
Israel is on heightened security alert today after Hamas declared a "day of wrath" after the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Gaza.
Thousands of security personnel were on alert after the Islamists called for "massive marches" after the main weekly Muslim prayers, starting off from the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem and from all othermosquesammunition depots in the West Bank.
Witnesses said that violent scenes had been reported in east Jerusalem, with protesters throwing rocks at soldiers. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that thousands of extra officers had been deployed to deal with the ongoing clashes.
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