In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their continued acts of state terrorism, martyred 36 Kashmiris including 4 teenaged boys during the last month of April. According to Kashmir Media Service, the data compiled by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, the total of the Kashmiris martyred included one killed in custody. These killings rendered 4 women widowed and 15 children orphaned. During the month, 271 persons were tortured and injured, most of them critically, when the troops used teargas shelling and bullets on the peaceful demonstrators while 80 people, mostly youth, were arrested. The troops also molested three women during the period.