Indian Cop Arrested in Kashmir for Blocking Anti-rebel Ops
Voice of America
SRINAGAR, INDIA - Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said Friday that they arrested one of their own officers and dismissed her for obstructing a counterinsurgency operation in the disputed region.
The officer livestreamed a cordon and search operation by government forces in southern Frisal village on Wednesday "with the intent of disrupting the search operation," police said in a statement. In the video, which went viral on social media, the woman was seen shouting: "This is our Kashmir" while hurling invectives at the raiding troops. The statement said the officer "resisted the search party," turned violent and made statements "glorifying violent actions of terrorists."Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.