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| Kashmir Korpse Kount |
| 2004-07-04 |
| Eighteen people were killed and 66 others injured Saturday in separatist-linked violence in Indian-held Kashmir which included an explosion in the heart of Srinagar, police said. Two people were killed and 35 injured in a blast on a main Srinagar road used by government officials including Kashmir’s Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, whose residence is 500 meters away, police said. The explosives were concealed in a hand cart near the main information office for tourists visiting the scenic Himalayan valley town, a police spokesman said. Three Indian army soldiers and three militants were killed Saturday in a fierce gunfight in northern Baramullla district that erupted after troops launched a search operation, the spokesman said. Indian troops also shot dead three militants in the northern Machil sector after they entered from Azad Kahmir, claimed army officer Rohit Yadav at Sonapindi post near the disputed border. Two more rebels were shot dead by Indian troops in southern Doda district, police said. A policeman was killed and two others injured in a rebel ambush in southern Poonch district. A grenade attack in central Anantnag district injured four soldiers and 25 civilians, four of them critically, police said. Suspected militants shot dead four people overnight, including a policewoman and a surrendered militant, police said. The motives for the killings were not immediately clear |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |