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| Police arrest three suspected rebels in Indian-held Kashmir blast |
| 2008-03-29 |
| Police in Indian-held Kashmir arrested three suspected militants over a bombing that killed one person and injured 23 others in the region’s main city, officials said on Friday. The attack last week on a flyover last week shattered months of relative calm in the disputed region, which had seen a steady fall in rebel violence since the start of a peace process between India and Pakistan in 2004. “We arrested three militants allegedly involved in the blast yesterday [Thursday],” said Srinagar Police chief S Mujataba. “The hunt is on for three other militants,” he added. The three arrested suspects were believed to be members of the region’s most powerful militant group, Hizbul Mujahiddin, one of two groups that claimed responsibility for the blast, police said. The explosion in the heart of this city of one million people destroyed parts of the flyover, damaged vehicles and shattered windows. It was the worst atrocity since last July when seven people died in a bomb attack on a tourist bus. Authorities blamed that attack on separatist rebels. The other group which claimed responsibility for last week’s blast was the Al Madina Regiment, which police said was a front for the Pakistan-based militant organisation Lashkar-e-Tayyaba. |
| Posted by:Fred |