Summary A curfew has been in place since the execution of Afzal Guru.
SRINAGAR (AP) - Police say they have lifted a strict curfew across Indian-controlled Kashmir imposed one week ago after the secret execution of a Kashmiri man in the Indian capital.
Police officer Ashok Prasad said Saturday that authorities also restored mobile internet and cable television services that were blocked fearing massive protests by Kashmiris. Anti-India sentiment runs deep in the region.
Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged Feb. 9 in a New Delhi jail and buried there. Guru had been convicted of involvement in a 2001 attack on India s Parliament that killed 14 including five gunmen
A curfew has been in place since the execution, but groups of demonstrators have defied it and clashed with government forces. Three protesters have been killed and more than 100 have been detained, according to police.
