Shops and businesses were closed in Indian-controlled Kashmir and small protests broke out after separatists called a strike Wednesday following the killings of two teenagers by army soldiers at a roadblock, according to ABC news.
Government forces fired tear gas in a suburb of the main city of Srinagar to disperse protesters who hurled stones at police and paramilitary soldiers. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The army said Wednesday it regretted the killings, ordered an investigation and removed 16 soldiers from field duty pending the inquiry. The main separatist alliance, All Parties' Hurriyat Conference, called for the strike to press for an independent investigation into the killings.
An army spokesman said soldiers fired at a car carrying four young men out on an errand after they failed to stop at two checkpoints in Nowgam, a Srinagar suburb, late Monday
"Soldiers signaled them to stop, but they sped away. The soldiers fired when they tried to barge through a third checkpoint," said Lt. Col. Nitin N. Joshi.
The two other men were wounded and their condition was stable, Joshi said.