A virtual war broke out between young Kashmiris and the rest of India over the execution of Afzal Guru. The "cyberwar" peaked to such levels that Facebook users started removing their Kashmiri friends from their list and vice versa.
The Kashmiri youth flooded Facebook and Twitter condemning the execution of the key conspirator in the Parliament attack case, with posts accusing the Central government and the country in general of being biased.
"With regard to Kashmir, India continues to behave like a colonial state it is. Any doubts, surely vanished today," tweeted Mirza Waheed, a journalist and avid Twitter user.
Another users conveyed his "condolences to the bereaved family" and "May the departed soul rest in Peace and Jannah # Afzal Guru", the user tweeted.
Sanam Khan, a Srinagar based journalist posted on Facebook, "The killers of Rajiv Gandhi (PM of India) were not hanged...the killers of Beant Singh (former Chief Minister of Punjab) were not hanged...they did killing long before but Afzal Guru was hanged...don't understand this."
Most of them came under severe attack from people from different parts of the country, who branded such opinions as "inflammatory, and anti-national".
Jagadish Konduru, a Facebook user posted, "People are arrested when they post inflammatory comments against Rahul or Sonia or Chidamabaram or Manmohan. Can't you see the kind of inflammatory words they say against country?? India? Where is the government or law now?"
A Twitter user posted, "Anybody who protests against hanging of terrorist #AfzalGuru deserves to be beaten..."
Yogendra Verma, a Delhi based IT professional said, "A large crowd of idiots are of the view that by hanging Afzal Guru, India has burnt all its bridges to Kashmir. What are they smoking? Was Gujarat antagonized when butchers like Babu Bajrangi and Maya Kodnani were convicted?"
Senior journalist Abhijit Majumdar too tweeted, "Those calling India's justice system communal after Afzal Guru's hanging, remember: India's chief justice is a Muslim, IB chief is a Muslim."
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