Roughly three weeks ago, on the street outside his house, Haji Hasan Azizi says he watched security officials with large guns "firing indiscriminately on unarmed people".Mr Hasan lives in Rawalakot — a city in the Pakistan-controlled region of Kashmir, and the epicentre of months-long protests that have become increasingly deadly."We picked up the dead bodies; we put them in ambulances and carried some on our shoulders," he told the ABC."This is the spot where a boy was martyred He was from Singola village, two to three kilometres away from here."Another witness in the city, Mumtaz Khan, said he saw tear gas fired by police, and then bullets that were so big, they left holes in the walls of his home.Last month, Pakistan's security forces allegedly killed dozens of protesters who tried to march to Muzaffarabad — the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir — after a lengthy dispute over electoral reform between activists and the government reignited.Now, red roses adorn memorials on the streets of Rawalakot honouring the dead, and shops remain shuttered.Ever since the alleged shootings, the city's central bus station has been bursting with hundreds of protesters demanding change and fuelled with grief and anger.Many told the ABC they were shocked at how lethal the government's response has been.The march to the capital was organised by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an activist group that formed in 2023 amid a surge in the cost of living