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Afghanistan/South Asia
Kashmir Korpse Kount
2004-12-04
A Muslim rebel attack on an Indian Kashmir police camp left five police and one rebel dead in the region's biggest raid since Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited India last month, police said on Saturday. Six police were also wounded in the attack on the camp in Sopore town, 30 miles north of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.A little-known militant group, Al-Mansoorian, claimed responsibility for the attack, which began on Friday and lasted 24 hours. Indian security agencies say Al-Mansoorian is the new name of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an outlawed Pakistan-based guerrilla group. "The fierce firefight ended today (Saturday) at 5.30 and the search operation of the camp building is continuing," Farooq Ahmad, a police officer in Sopore, told Reuters by telephone. Ahmad said the body of one of the militants had been recovered from the building, which was damaged in the encounter. "It is still not clear how many militants were involved in the attack," Ahmad added.
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