SRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of young men — armed with knives, cricket bats and iron rods — patrol the nighttime streets of India-controlled Kashmir these days, hoping their ad hoc vigilante groups will ...

AGRA CITY, India — A mysterious “braid-chopper” is cutting off women’s hair in Northern India, according to a Reuters report. In what is being called The Case of the Phantom Barber, over the past two ...

SRINAGAR, India >> Hundreds of young men — armed with knives, cricket bats and iron rods — patrol the nighttime streets of India-controlled Kashmir these days, hoping their ad-hoc vigilante groups ...

Six international tourists found themselves the focus of an "unruly mob," after a large group of Kashmiri locals mistook them for the area's notorious braid-choppers. If you're confused, ...

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 ...

A spate of mysterious braid-chopping incidents in India's far north has forced local authorities to restrict public gatherings as thousands of people have taken to the streets demanding action. The ...

Over the past two months, at least 200 women in Indian-administered Kashmir have reported being attacked by masked assailants who cut off their braids. According to many of the victims’ accounts, the ...

A wave of brutal, deadly panic has swept India-administered Kashmir after more than 100 women said they were victims of attackers who chopped off their hair. Despite suggestions the cases may have ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Hundreds of young men - armed with knives, cricket bats and iron rods - patrol the nighttime streets of India-controlled Kashmir these days, hoping their ad-hoc vigilante groups ...

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