Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 17

Five people have been confirmed dead after a small airplane crashed near a supermarket in a residential area on the outskirts of Portuguese capital Lisbon on Monday, local SIC TV reported.

The crash took pace around 11 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) near Lido supermarket at Tires, outskirts of Lisbon, killing five people including a pilot and three passengers on board. (Portugal-Plane Crash)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least eight people were killed and five others injured in three separate incidents of bomb explosion and firing in Pakistan on Monday, local Urdu media reported.

Dawn News said that a four-year-old boy was killed while his two playmates were injured when a bomb exploded near them in Quetta in southwest Balochistan Province. (Pakistan-Blasts)

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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- An Afghan army general was killed and another person wounded following an ambush attack in the northern Kunduz province on Monday, local authorities said.

"Major General Abdul Hai Atahai was killed after armed insurgents ambushed his vehicle in Musazai locality, Khan Abad District in the morning. And one army officer was also wounded during the gunfight," district Governor Hayatullah Amiri told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-General Death)

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SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir -- Scores of people, mostly students, were injured in fresh anti-India protests and clashes with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday.

Clashes broke out in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, after police tried to stop the students from marching toward the city center. (India-Kashmir-Violence) Endi