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| Four killed in Jammu and Kashmir violence |
| 2006-05-16 |
| Srinagar, May 15: Militants killed four persons, including a special police officer, by slitting their throats and injured two CRPF personnel in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir today. Throat-slit bodies of SPO Nazir Ahmad Bhat of Handwara and a shopkeeper Mohammad Maqbool War of Soyan were recovered from Batpora-Rafiabad in Baramulla district, police said. Both the victims were earlier abducted by the militants, they said. Bhat was a former militant and presently assisting security forces in counter insurgency operations. Police also recovered two more throat-slit bodies from Aragam in Bandipora area of Baramulla, they said adding the victims have been identified as Ghulam Qadir Lone and Mumtaz Ahmad Mir, both residents of Chatti Bandi who had been abducted by militants yesterday. However, fate of two more abducted persons, constable Mushtaq Ahmad of India Reserve Police and Javed Ahmad, was not known. The two had been abducted by ultras from Chati-Bandi on May 7. Meanwhile, four persons including two CRPF jawans were injured when militants carried out a grenade attack on a security patrol at Kawdara in Srinagar. The injured persons were immediately evacuated to hospital and one of them, a civilian, was discharged after first aid. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit claimed responsibility for the grenade attack. Meanwhile, two militants of Harkat-Ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI) surrendered alongwith two AK rifles, seven magazines, 140 rounds, a grenade, two wireless sets, a pistol, a magazine, 30 rounds and a .303 rifle to security authorities in Kishtwar area of Doda district yesterday. |
| Posted by:ryuge |