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Image copyrightEPAThousands of mourners have been attending funerals across India for some of the security force personnel killed by a suicide bomber in Indian-administered Kashmir on Thursday.At least 40 paramilitary police died in the attack near Srinagar.The militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad said it carried out the attack.India has imposed a swathe of economic measures on Pakistan after the attack, including revoking Most Favoured Nation trading status and raising customs duty to 200%.Although Jaish-e-Mohammad is based in Pakistan, Islamabad has denied any role in the attack.Both India and Pakistan claim all of Muslim-majority Kashmir but control only parts of it.Image copyrightEPARelatives of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier Sukhjinder Singh mourn as his coffin is taken to his cremation ceremony at the village of Gandiwind in the Tarn Taran district of India's Punjab state.Image copyrightAFPThe cremation is held for CRPF trooper Kaushal Kumar Rawat in Agra.Image copyrightEPACRPF and Rapid Action Force soldiers hold candles in tribute to dead colleagues during a vigil in Bhopal.Image copyrightReutersImage copyrightReutersCRPF officers bow in tribute (top) to colleague Bablu Santra in Howrah, West Bengal, as his mother (above right) mourns him in the village of Bauria.Image copyrightAFPCRPF personnel stand guard over the coffins of Sudip Biswas and Bablu Santra at Kolkata airport.Image copyrightReutersPeople attend a vigil in front of the India Gate war memorial in Delhi.Image copyrightAFPImage copyrightAFPThe coffin of Mahesh Kumar Meena arrives near Allahabad (top) and hundreds gather on the bank of the Ganges for his funeral procession.Image copyrightEPADozens more gather for the return of the body of CRPF member Tilak Raj at his home in the village of Dhewa Jandroh, 90km (55 miles) from Dharamsala.Image copyrightEPATension remains high in Jammu, Indian-administered Kashmir, amid a curfew.
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