A teenage student was killed on Monday when Indian security forces opened fire on stone-throwing protesters during fresh demonstrations against Indian-rule in Kashmir, police said.
A total 66 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones.
The latest death occurred in Palhalan, about 30 kilometres north of the state summer capital Srinagar, police said.
"Security forces opened fire in self-defence after they were attacked with stones during a rally," a police officer said, asking not to be named.
He said one protester died on the spot while five others were wounded.
The fresh death brought more people out on the streets of Palhalan, chanting pro-independence slogans, witnesses said.
For nearly three months, crowds of young Kashmiris have defied curfews and pelted stones at the hundreds of thousands of security forces that India uses to keep a grip on the volatile region.
Last Monday, an 11-year-old boy was shot dead by police in the southern town of Anantnag during a violent demonstration against New Delhi's rule in the Muslim-majority region.
Government forces have struggled to contain the outpouring of anger triggered by the killing of a schoolboy by police in early June. Protests began in the main town of Srinagar and have spread through the Kashmir valley.
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