SRINAGAR, India: One protester was killed and two others critically wounded in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday when police fired on protesters during clashes with government forces at the end of polling, police said.

The clashes broke out in old town Srinagar, the region’s main city, soon after polling ended and as government forces were withdrawing from the area.

“One person died and two were critically injured,” a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.

In separate incident in another area of the capital, a polling official was seriously wounded as protestors throwing rock attacked officials as voting came to a close, the police officer added.