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| Kashmir Korpse Kount |
| 2005-06-24 |
| SRINAGAR, India - Three Indian soldiers were killed and 20 injured when a powerful car-bomb exploded Friday near a popular tourist attraction in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, police said. The explosion shook the famed Mughal gardens on the shores of lake Dal in the summer capital Srinagar around 4.00 pm (1030 GMT), a police spokesman said. A civilian photographer who earned his living taking pictures of tourists in the gardens was also injured. The spokesman said explosives were placed in a car and detonated as a military convoy passed by, with a bus carrying soldiers bearing the full brunt. An AFP photographer at the scene said bits of flesh were lying inside the damaged bus and on the road. Nishat garden is visited by hundreds of Indian tourists and locals daily. "The blast shook the entire locality, bringing people out of their houses," resident Nusrat Farooq said. She said the blast smashed window panes on many houses. The blast triggered panic among tourists, many of whom were seen boarding their vehicles and leaving in hurry. |
| Posted by:Steve White |