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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Fear grips remote Kashmir village after mystery illness kills 17 people from three families

A mysterious illness has devastated three families in a remote Indian village in the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, killing 17 people in just over a month.

The deaths, all occurring in the Budhal village in Rajouri district, have left the local community paralysed with fear as experts raced to investigate the cause.

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