The Indian-controlled region of Kashmir is seeing its worst violence since pro-independence protests erupted three months ago. On Monday, Indian police killed eighteen people after thousands took to the streets in defiance of a curfew. The protests appear to have been sparked by anger over the aborted plan to burn the Quran in the United States. Over 100 people were wounded. The Indian government has canceled all commercial flights into Kashmir and has widened the curfew to new areas.