| We expected nothing less from the Lions of Islam™... |
 Two suspected gun-toting militants launched an attack yesterday against the biggest India-Pakistan peace gesture in decades, storming a guesthouse holding more than two dozen passengers of the first bus across divided Kashmir, sources said.
"Hmmm... Legume, those men were wearing table cloths across their faces and waving AKs, firing indiscriminately, and their targets were unarmed civilians. I suspect they were gun-toting militants!"
"Inspector! How do you do it?" |
They set on fire the heavily guarded complex but security forces said the passengers were safe. Both attackers were killed and at least three people were injured, said Director-General of Police Gopal Sharma, the state's police chief before the sprawling building was gutted by flames 100-feet high. Smoke poured from the windows of the guesthouse as people jumped from the ground floor assisted by soldiers. The heat was so intense that firefighters could not enter the building. The raid was the biggest attack yet targeted at the bus service, set to be inaugurated today by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. It will connect Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, the capitals of the Himalayan region divided for decades between India and Pakistan. |