Protests in Azad Kashmir against Indian violence

MUZAFFARABAD Pakistanis set fire to an effigy of the Indian prime minister Thursday, marching to protest against India over three months of violence in the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.

Protestors marched through Muzaffarabad, before setting on fire the Indian flag and an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The crowd shouted "Go India, go back," carrying placards scrawled with slogans such as "Indian dogs, go back".

"India is forcing us to cross the Line of Control and we will, if it does not stop atrocities in Indian-occupied Kashmir," said Syed Salahuddin, a leader of Hizb-ul-Mujahedin.

Ninety-four anti-India protesters have been shot dead in three months of violence in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir.