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| One killed, 36 hurt in Kashmir |
| 2006-04-25 |
| One person was killed and 36 injured on Monday in grenade attacks on crowded polling booths and a police vehicle during by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir, said police and witnesses. Three voters and an election official were injured in a blast at Palhalan, witnesses said. Four policemen were injured afterwards by an angry crowd who blamed them for the grenade attack. Soldiers fired several shots in the air to disperse angry residents protesting the incident, said a correspondent. Sixteen voters and two paramilitary troopers were injured in another grenade attack on a voting station in Wagoora, further north of Palhalan, police said, blaming militants for the attack. In Srinagar, where there was no voting, a grenade attack on a police vehicle killed a civilian and injured 10 others, including six policemen, police said. Voting took place at 364 booths, said state election official Mohammed Aslam. |
| Posted by:Fred |