Two more protesters were killed yesterday 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.

The latest casualty, a 30-year-old man, was killed when security forces opened fire at rock-throwing protesters in northern Baramulla town, a police officer said, asking not to be named.

Earlier in the day, a young man was killed in the neighbouring Naidkhai village when "security forces opened fire as a group of protesters tried to attack a police camp," he said.

The deaths brought to six the number of people killed in clashes with security forces since Friday in Baramulla district, known as a hotbed of separatist sentiment.