Stop using pellet guns on Kashmiri protesters; Amnesty

Rights group says pellet guns should be banned immediately, a day after third person dies from pellet wounds. Pellet guns have no place in law enforcement and should be banned immediately, human-rights group Amnesty International India has said, following the death of a third person due to injuries inflicted by the weapons in Indian-administered Kashmir. Amnesty’s comments on Thursday come a week after the Indian government promised to set up a panel to investigate the use of pellet guns as a method of crowd control in the region. Since July…

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