Indian forces killed 18 people and injured scores of others in the bloodiest day of violence in the troubled area of Kashmir.
Police were called in when thousands of rioters, chanting 'Down with Koran desecrators' and 'Down with America', attacked a Christian school in one town and buildings in other cities.
Kashmiris defied curfews in the Indian-controlled region and took to the streets, chanting anti-India and anti-US slogans and burning effigies of US President Barack Obama.
An angry mob set fire to several government buildings and a Protestant-run school, as well as attacking a police station.
After several attempts to repel the mob failed, Indian police fired live ammunition into the crowd - and confirmed that 18 civilians had been killed.
Many of the deaths were reported to have occurred in Budgam district, with others reported in the village of Tangmarg, where the school was burned.
One of those killed was allegedly a student aged 12.
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