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'''Burhan Bashir Bhat''' was a three-year-old boy who was killed by unidentified gunmen on 19 September 2015 when he and his father were walking home in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s [[Sopore]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/3-year-old-shot-dead-along-with-father-a-former-terrorist-in-kashmir-1219455|title=3-Year-Old Shot Dead Along With Father, a Former Terrorist, in Kashmir|author=Sheikh Zaffar Iqbal|date=19 September 2015|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>

Burhan's father, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, who was identified as having been part of the militant organization Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen 15 years earlier, was also killed. Burhan was shot three times, and died in the hospital the following day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lidtime.com/police-say-gunmen-kill-father-and-toddler-in-indian-controlled-kashmir-2010/|title=Police say gunmen kill father and toddler in Indian-controlled Kashmir|author=Alex Crown|work=Weird News, Entertainment & World News|access-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005113206/http://www.lidtime.com/police-say-gunmen-kill-father-and-toddler-in-indian-controlled-kashmir-2010/|archive-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> After his death, Burhan Bashir Bhat became a symbol for regional conflict and lack of governmental accountability.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who Killed Burhan Bashir?|url=http://www.kashmirobserver.net/news/editorial/who-killed-burhan-bashir|website=www.kashmirobserve.net}}</ref>

He was compared in the media to [[Aylan Kurdi]] — the three-year-old Syrian boy of Kurdish ethnic origin whose images brought about an onslaught of global outrage after he drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during part of a great [[Refugees of the Syrian Civil War|Syrian refugee crisis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nation.com.pk/blogs/29-Sep-2015/burhan-bashir-bhat-the-aylan-kurdi-of-kashmir|title=Burhan Bashir Bhat: The Aylan Kurdi of Kashmir|first=Zargar | last=Yasir|website=The Nation|accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref> Hurriyat separatist leader [[Syed Ali Shah Geelani]] called for protests on 20 September 2015 against the killings in [[Kashmir valley|Kashmir Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/jk-geelani-calls-for-bandh-over-horrific-killing-of-3-year-old-child-by-terrorists-in-sopore-1104979.html|title=J&K: Geelani calls for bandh over horrific killing of 3-year-old child by terrorists in Sopore|work=IBNLive}}</ref> Everyday life was affected in Kashmir Valley following a strike called for by the Hurriyat Conference organization to protest the killing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/srinagar/Strike-by-Hurriyat-conference-affects-normal-life-in-Kashmir/articleshow/49033600.cms|title=Strike by Hurriyat conference affects normal life in Kashmir|date=20 September 2015|work=The Times of India|accessdate=11 March 2018|author=PTI}}</ref>

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