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AP PHOTOS: Kashmir Hindus in mourning after wave of killings

Kashmir's minority Hindu children look through a netted window at Purkhoo migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu, India, June 11, 2022. Kashmir's minority Hindus, who are locally known as Pandits, have long fretted over their place in the disputed region. Most of an estimated 200,000 of them fled Kashmir in the 1990s when an armed rebellion against Indian rule began. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A Kashmiri minority Hindu Prabuman Krishan Tikoo, 60, who fled Kashmir in the 1990s, rests in his single room accommodation at the Purkhoo migrant camp where he lives alone on the outskirts of Jammu, India, June 11, 2022. Kashmir's minority Hindus, who are locally known as Pandits, have long fretted over their place in the disputed region. Most of an estimated 200,000 of them fled Kashmir in the 1990s when an armed rebellion against Indian rule began. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Kashmiri Hindus who left the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, arrive at Jagti migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu, India, June 3, 2022. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Kashmir's minority Hindus and government employees hold a meeting in reaction to the recent rise of targeted killings in Kashmir, in Jammu, India, June 10, 2022. In the aftermath of recent killings hundreds of Hindus organized for the first time simultaneous street protests in the region and demanded the government relocate them to safer areas. They accused the government of making them “scapegoats” and “cannon fodder” to project normalcy in the region. (AP Photo/Channi Anand))

Kashmir's minority Hindus, who are locally known as Pandits, perform evening prayers at their residence at Purkhoo migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu, India, June 11, 2022. Pandits, have long fretted over their place in the disputed region. Most of an estimated 200,000 of them fled Kashmir in the 1990s when an armed rebellion against Indian rule began. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Kashmir's minority Hindu women, who are locally known as Pandits, sit at Mutthi migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu, India, June 10, 2022. Pandits have long fretted over their place in the disputed region. Most of an estimated 200,000 of them fled Kashmir in the 1990s when an armed rebellion against Indian rule began. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) )

Kashmir's minority Hindus, who are locally known as Pandits, protest against the killing of members of their community in Kashmir, in Jammu, India, June 13, 2022. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Family members sit with a portrait of Ajay Pandita Bharti, a Kashmiri Hindu village head who was shot dead in Kashmir, at their residence in Jammu, India, June 14, 2022. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Sharika Pandita, mourns for her son Rakesh Pandita, a leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party who was shot dead by assailants in Kashmir, in Jammu, India, June 14, 2022. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Neena kumar, 55, left, wails seated next to her son Karan Chib after they left Kashmir valley, in Jagti Migrant camp outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, June.10, 2022. Chib is the only bread earner of the family. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. The recent killings have heightened their fears. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Kritika Bhat studies in front of a portrait of her father Rahul Bhat in Jammu, India, June 11, 2022. A Kashmiri Hindu Rahul Bhat was killed by militants in Budgam district. Bhat worked with the revenue department in the Tehsildar office at Chadoora in Budgam. When he was in the office on that day, terrorists had fired at him in the office premises. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Sana Dogra sits beside a portrait of her mother Rajni Bala, a government school teacher who was shot dead by assailants in Kashmir, at her residence on the outskirts of Jammu, India, June 12, 2022. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Rattna Pandita is consoled by her daughter Rohini as she mourns for her son Ajay Pandita Bharti, a Kashmiri Hindu village head who was shot dead in Kashmir, at their residence in Jammu, India, June 14, 2022. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in recent months. Several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Usha Bhat, left, and Bitta Ji Bhat mourn by a photograph of their son Rahul Bhat at their residence in Jammu, India, June 11, 2022. Rahul Bhat, a Hindu revenue clerk, was fatally shot inside his office in Kashmir Valley in May. Two days later, police said they had shot dead the anti-India rebels responsible in a gunfight. That hasn't eased the deep mourning of Bhat's parents who have yet to reconcile with the death of their son. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

AP PHOTOS: Kashmir Hindus in mourning after wave of killings