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| Chief of pro-Pakistan rebel group among four killed in Kashmir |
| 2004-08-19 |
| Indian security forces shot dead the head of a pro-Pakistan Muslim rebel group while suspected separatists killed three people as new violence flared in Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The rebel chief, Manzoor-ul-Islam, also known as Darjee, was one of the "most wanted militants" in the region, India's Border Security Force said. Darjee, who headed the pro-Pakistan Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin rebel group active in Kashmir since 1990, died in a clash late Wednesday with troops and police on the outskirts of Srinagar. An assault rifle and grenades were found in the rebel chief's car, the statement said. A second militant managed to flee, the security force said. Also overnight Wednesday, police said suspected rebels shot dead three Muslims, including a candidate, Ali Mohammed Dar, who unsucessfully contested Kashmir's 2002 state polls as an independent. Dar was abducted from his house in southern Pulwama district and was killed, a police spokesman said, blaming rebels for his death. The other dead were a former militant killed in Pulwama and a civilian in neighbouring Doda district. |
| Posted by:Fred |