SRINAGAR, India: A wave of brutal, deadly panic has swept Indian-administered Kashmir after more than 100 women said they were victims of attackers who chopped off their hair.

Despite suggestions the cases may have been fabricated or fueled by hysteria, the consequences have been all too real.

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