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| Five killed, 15 injured in Kashmir... |
| 2002-10-19 |
| An explosion in the apple-growing town of Sopore, 50 kilometers north of Srinagar killed one and injured 15, including seven Border Security Force (BSF) members. Indian security forces, meanwhile, shot dead four Muslim Looks like things are going back to normal after the elections. With India pulling troops back, and Pakland pulling troops back, things would get boring and the Armed Struggle™ might lose steam. Best to commit some atrocities and get the troops back, and that way the fundos have an "occupation army" to point to... The dead man was identified as Riyaz Ahmed, a constable on his way to his home town of Bandipora from Srinagar to spend the weekend with his family. "Seven of our men are critically injured, and one of the vehicles they were traveling in is also damaged," the spokesman said. The explosion also damaged some shops and sparked a minor fire. At least four injured civilians were being taken to Srinagar's main hospital. But they don't count for anything. Probably didn't even have turbans... The area has been sealed by the BSF, while counter-insurgency police launched a manhunt for those who carried out the attack. The BSF spokesman said gun-shots were also heard in the area. This is the first major attack by suspected fighters in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley since results of state assembly elections were declared on October 10. Probably with the elections over, the National Congress tossed, and the corpses all cooled, the gunnies didn't know what to do next. I can see them now, sitting around the campfire, saying things like "What're we gonna do now, Ahmed?" Then finally, a grizzled old veteran, his hands red with the blood of hundreds, stirs the fire with a stick, spits and stands up: "I say we kill somebody!" he sez. And they do. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |