Violence flares again in Kashmir

The latest violence in the mainly Muslim Kashmir valley comes a day after at least 11 people were killed when troops fired at protesters.

Tension is also high in the mainly Hindu Jammu region of Kashmir.

Police have been given orders to shoot demonstrators who defy a curfew in the town of Kishtwar.

Tension is also high in Jammu

"This last option becomes the first in order not to let the situation go out of hand," senior Kishtwar police officer Hemant Lohia said.

Two people were killed in communal clashes in Jammu on Tuesday.

In Srinagar, the main city in the region, several thousand demonstrators took to the streets, attacking police posts and chanting slogans calling for revenge. At least three protesters were wounded, police say.

Correspondents say there were also reports of protests in other cities across the valley as prayers were held for those killed on Tuesday, the bloodiest day since the recent unrest started.

Meanwhile, people in Srinagar rushed to buy supplies as troops patrolled the streets.

Protests and counter-protests have been taking place for weeks in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley and in the mainly Hindu region around the city of Jammu further south.