Two more protesters were killed Saturday in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shook the region.

The latest casualties marked the deadliest 48 hours in the Muslim-majority Himalayan territory since June 11, when the turmoil first erupted after a 17-year-old student demonstrator was killed by a police tear-gas shell.

So far, Indian security forces have been accused of killing 23 Kashmiri civilians — many of them in their teens or 20s — in less than two months.