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| Political activist killed, six hurt in Indian Kashmir attacks |
| 2006-05-24 |
| SRINAGAR - Islamic militants shot dead a political activist and injured six people in two grenade attacks in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh started talks with regional politicians, police said. Khazir Beigh, 60, an activist with the pro-India People’s Democratic Forum, died in the central district of Budgam, police said. Three civilians and two paramilitary soldiers were wounded in a grenadeattack in the summer capital Srinagar, a police spokesman said. And a paramilitary officer was hurt in another grenade attack in southern Anantnag district, the army said. “The grenade was aimed at a moving army convoy which missed the target and hit the officer,” patrolling the highway, army spokesman Vijay Batra said. None of Kashmir’s two-dozen militant groups claimed immediate responsibility for the blasts, which came hours after Singh flew into Srinagar for a two-day roundtable meeting. Militants had vowed to disrupt the talks, labelling them a ”sham.” But the meeting started in mid-afternoon at a high-security lakeside venue in Srinagar, an official said. A rise in violence by the militants since Sunday has left 11 people dead and 80 wounded in Srinagar, the urban hub of Muslim separatism in Indian Kashmir. |
| Posted by:Steve |