Sopore, an apple-growing centre 40km (25 miles) north of Srinagar, has seen more than its share of turmoil during Kashmir's decade-long insurgency, but on May 25th it was perversely quiet, its streets deserted but for nervous, helmeted police. The bodies of six young men from the area had just been brought back from graves near the "line of control" that divides Kashmir into areas administered by India and Pakistan. They were killed while sneaking into Pakistan for training in terrorism, say the authorities. They were murdered, say the locals. Their protest the day before prompted the undeclared curfew.
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