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| Kashmir rebels kill woman poll candidate in India |
| 2011-04-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Suspected Mohammedan rebels rubbed out a woman candidate contesting village-level polls in restive Indian Kashmire, police said yesterday. Haseena Akhter, in her forties, was fighting elections in her village of Pakherpora, 35 kilometres from Kashmire's summer capital, Srinagar. The Panchayat or local body elections, which began on April 13, are being held in two phases in the revolt-hit Mohammedan-majority state after a gap of 10 years. "Akhter was dragged out by unidentified gunnies who raided her residence on Friday night and killed her in the compound at point-blank range," a police brass hat told AFP, requesting anonymity. Separatist politicians and jihad boy groups have called for a boycott of the local polls, terming the exercise an attempt by India to "strengthen its occupation of Kashmire". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I suspect these 'rebels' are not from Kashmir and are not rebels since, being born in Pakistan, they have no allegiance to a foreign state. Pakistani terrorists cannot be rebelling against India. |
| Posted by: john frum 2011-04-17 20:23 |