Violence in the Kashmir valley escalated today, with seven persons, including a woman, being killed in separate incidents. Four of them perished in a blast after explosives went off in a police station set on fire by a mob. With these seven deaths, the number of people killed in the wave of violence since Friday has risen to 13.

In New Delhi, the Cabinet Committee on Security(CCS) met tonight for the second time in a month to take stock of the situation in the Valley.

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