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| Two troops killed in Kashmir attack | |
| 2009-09-01 | |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Suspected militants shoot dead two paramilitary troopers and lob a hand grenade into a crowded shopping area in the Indian-controlled Kashmir injuring 12 people. The two paramilitary troopers were shot from point-blank while patrolling the downtown area of Lal Chowk in the main city of Srinagar. They were transferred to a hospital where they died of their injuries, said Prabhakar Tripathi, a spokesman for the Central Reserve Police Force. A few minutes after the shooting, a hand grenade was hurled at another patrol in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar wounding at least four paramilitary troops and eight civilians in Srinagar, the most populous district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, said Hemant Lohia, a deputy inspector-general. The wounded were taken to a hospital, but the nature of their injuries was not disclosed. The suspected militants fled the scene after the attacks, police said. Violence in Indian Kashmir has fallen to its lowest level since militants launched a revolt some 20 years ago. Fatalities have dropped to one per day, from a high of ten fatalities a day in 2001.
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| Posted by:Fred |