Multiple reports describe an alleged crackdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in which at least 30 protesters are reported to have been killed over two days. A local civil society group, the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), says Pakistani security services fired on large crowds described as peaceful or unarmed. The group alleges 25 deaths on Monday and five more on Tuesday. The Guardian reports that JAAC claims authorities remove or suppress evidence of killings and that there is a communications blackout, which it says has limited independent verification.
The accounts also describe protests that have been ongoing for weeks in the disputed region. The reports frame the events as part of a broader response by security forces to demonstrations. They do not provide details from official investigators in the provided material, nor do they quote Pakistan or other authorities’ explanations for the shootings. The dispute over facts and responsibility is therefore based in these sources on the allegations made by the civil society group and the reported death toll.
