Kashmir plagued by mystery ‘braid-cutting attacks’

Confusion and anger mount in tense border region over spate of assaults

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A spate of braid-cutting attacks on women near the India-Pakistan border has turned into a “major law and order problem” as locals turn on each other and the authorities.

More than 50 women and girls in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state have been targeted in the last month by an unknown assailant or assailants whose motive remains a mystery.

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