SRINAGAR: Four protesters were killed and 58 wounded Wednesday when police and paramilitary forces allegedly opened fire on demonstrators in Leh demanding Sixth Schedule protections and statehood for Ladakh. The deaths marked the first fatal violence in Ladakh since it became a Union territory in 2019 after Article 370 's abrogation and bifurcation of J&K. The names of the dead-men aged 19, 20, 23 and 46-have not been released. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk , who had been on a 35-day hunger strike for Sixth Schedule status but ended it after 14 days Wednesday, said youths erupted in anger after two hunger strikers collapsed Tuesday and were hospitalised in critical condition. "That moved the youths of Ladakh and they came out Wednesday in thousands to express solidarity at Marty

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