Srinagar (IP) - For the first time after 33 years, thousands of Shia mourners hit the traditional routes of Srinagar city to take out the 8th Muharram procession on Wednesday.

Iran PressAsia: Thousands of mourners from different parts of Kashmir, while walking peacefully through the streets of Srinagar were seen beating chests, holding flags, and reciting eulogies.

During the procession, Kashmiri Shi'a leader Masroor Abbas Ansari told Iran \ress correspondent: Today the Kashmiri administration has given permission for the 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar. We welcome this decision wholeheartedly, it is the result of the sacrifices that our youth have made in the last thirty-five years. The 8th and 10th procession in Srinagar was “banned” in Kashmir since 1990 when armed insurgency began.

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