Journalist Fahad Shah stated that, with Wani's killing, the situation in Kashmir entered a period of "amplified instability". At Wani's funeral, according to video footage taken using drones by the Indian Army, an estimated 12,000-15,000 people came to mourn him, some of them from remote parts of the valley.[33] Protesters had been demonstrating against his killing and continuous incidents of stone-pelting have been reported since the news of his death.[34][35]