Indian Army Takes Responsibility for Killing 2 Civilians in Kashmir NEW DELHI - The Indian Army on Friday took responsibility for the killing of two teenagers in the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir this week, calling it a case of mistaken identity. The two youths were killed and two others were wounded when soldiers fired on a car at a checkpoint on Monday. Speaking at a news conference in Srinagar, Kashmir, on Friday, the chief of the army's northern command, Lt. Gen. D. S. Hooda, said: "There was some information about a white car with terrorists. Obviously, the identity was mistaken in this case. We take responsibility for the deaths. General Hooda promised that an investigation would be carried out with "the highest standard of transparency." The episode has prompted anti-India protests in the Kashmir valley, and the authorities imposed curfew in certain areas, including in Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital. Indian security forces have been on high alert since Sunday when a suicide bombing killed more than 50 people on the Pakistani side of the border. The Indian-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir will have elections later this month to elect a new state government.