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| 10 militants nabbed in Kashmir |
| 2006-06-17 |
| Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested ten militants involved in the recent car bombings and grenade attacks, including two on tourists, in the valley and claimed that three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were linked with the killing of nine non-Kashmiri labourers in Anantnag district early this week. Seven militants, involved in the car-bombings and grenade attacks, have been arrested in Srinagar and Budgam district while three others were arrested from Kulgam area of Anantnag, Director General of Police Gopal Sharma told reporters in Srinagar. The militants were responsible for four grenade attacks on tourists at Zakura, Soura and Dalgate areas of the city during Round Table Conference in Srinagar on May 25, which claimed the lives six tourists -- four from Gujarat, one each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal -- were killed and more than twenty others were injured in April and May months. During the interrogation, the militants confessed their involvement in the crime, he added. The police chief said the militants were also responsible for triggering car bomb blasts in the valley, particularly on the national highway. |
| Posted by:john |
| #1 meanwhile HuJI terrorist surrenders in J&K A terrorist of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia on Saturday laid down arms before the police in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. Mohammad Shafi Gujjar of Patnazi-Bunjwa area in the district surrendered before the station house officer of Chatroo police station, handing over an AK series assault rifle, two magazines and a hand grenade, officials in Jammu said. Gujjar was involved in terrorist-related incidents since April 2005 and was active in Chatroo block of Doda, they said. He would be questioned in detail on his links with other ultras of the Bangladesh-based HuJI and overground supporters of terrorists, they added. |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-17 20:55 |