(13 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Pan of protesters shouting anti-election slogans
2. Mid of protesters shouting UPSOUND (English) "we want freedom"
3. Mid of shouting anti-election slogans
4. Mid of protesters and police gathered
5. Wide of police charging towards protesters
6. Protesters running for cover
7. Wide of police and protesters
8. Police firing guns
9. Protesters throwing stones at moving police van
10. Various of protesters throwing stones
11. Police firing gun from moving police van, protesters throwing stones at van
12. Injured man being wheeled on stretcher inside hospital
13. Various of injured man on stretcher
14. Wide of people standing in queue to cast their votes outside Rantenpura polling station
15. Close up of gun with people standing in queue in the background
STORYLINE:
Voters cast their ballots in the fifth phase of state elections in Indian Kashmir on Saturday as scattered clashes between protesters and government forces left one person dead, according to police.
A 20-year-old protester died of his wounds after police opened fire to control a spiralling protest at Koil village, about 16 miles (25 kilometres) south of Srinagar, a Kashmir police chief said.
The police spokesman also said that two other protesters were wounded.
The elections for Kashmir's state legislature started November 17 and are to be held in seven phases through December 24.
Voting was largely peaceful in the first four phases, with a higher than expected turnout of more than 60 percent.
Saturday's was the first election-day death in clashes between protesters and police since the staggered voting began.
In the district of Pulwana, protesters gathered shouting anti-election slogans and throwing stones at police.
Police in the area tried to break up demonstrations by shooting at protesters.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir, where most people either favour independence or a merger with Pakistan.
Kashmir is divided between the two rival countries and both claim it in its entirety.
Militant separatist groups have been fighting since 1989 to end Indian rule.
The uprising and a subsequent Indian crackdown have killed about 68-thousand people, most of them civilians.
Muslim separatist leaders have called for a boycott of the elections, saying they will only entrench India's hold on the restive region.
However, early voting turnout was high, despite the security and the chilly temperature.
More than 800-thousand of the state's 6.5 (m) million eligible voters live in the 11 areas where voting was taking place on Saturday.
The elections come after some of the largest protests against Indian rule in Jammu-Kashmir, the country's only Muslim-majority state, and a tough crackdown on separatist leaders.
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