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| Kashmir militants attack tourists |
| 2004-06-12 |
| "Honey, I just can’t decide! Where should we go for vacation this year? The Bahamas or Kashmir?" At least four people have been killed and 22 others wounded in an attack on a tourist hotel in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. Grenades were hurled into the hotel in the popular resort of Pehelgam, south of Srinagar. Most of the victims were visitors from other parts of India. A little-known separatist group, Al Nasirin, has said it was responsible. A spokesman for the group told the BBC the attack was a warning to visitors that Kashmir was disputed territory. Two of the four killed were tourists - one a six-year-old girl - police said. It was also a warning that little kids aren’t safe there... The others were staff at the Purnima hotel. It’s not safe for hotel desk clerks and bell hops, either... The BBC’s Altav Hussein in Srinagar says the death toll may rise, as some of the wounded are in a serious condition. The incident occurred at a time when the flow of tourists into the valley was picking up fast, our correspondent adds. The tourist industry has been recovering from a slump due to the armed conflict. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 A little-known separatist group, Al Nasirin, has said it was responsible. Which is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-06-12 11:28:45 PM |
| #2 why can't these folks listen to Led Zeppelin's Kashmir and decide to return to that land of milk and honey? Oh yeah, I forgot mooslims were involved....nevermind |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-12 2:57:58 PM |
| #1 A little-known separatist group, Al Nasirin, has said it was responsible. Politically correct double talk to side step identifying this "separatist group" as Muslim folks who very likely lost their way looking for peace and stumbled onto the road of committing savagery instead. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-06-12 2:39:21 PM |