The bedroom of Rizwan Pandit, a school principal who was allegedly killed in police custody, is pictured inside his house in Awantipora, south of Srinagar, July 9, 2019. Picture taken July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
SRINAGAR/AWANTIPORA, India (Reuters) - More than 300 people died in the Kashmir region claimed by India and Pakistan in the first half of the year, according to previously unreported data - one of the deadliest periods in the disputed territory's recent history.
India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir and came close to a third in February, after a suicide attack by a Pakistan-based militant group killed at least 40 paramilitary police. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded by giving security forces "a free hand" to respond.
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