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Politician shot dead in Kashmir
The leader of a party set up by former militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir has been shot dead, police have said. Mohammad Yousuf Ganaie was killed by suspected militants in Baramulla, about 50km (30 miles) north of the state's summer capital, Srinagar, police said. He was part of the Awami League party, formed by militants who had disarmed. A number of militant groups have been fighting Indian rule in Kashmir since 1989 in an insurgency that has claimed more than 60,000 lives. Mr Ganaie, who had unsuccessfully stood in elections in 2002, was shot dead at a bus station. Two women were also injured in the shooting. Police say they were injured by firing by the militants. Local people say the shots were fired by security forces who mistook the militants' attack on Mr Ganaie as directed at them and opened fire, says the BBC's Bashir Ahmad in Srinagar. Elsewhere in the region, seven people were injured in two separate grenade attacks on security forces, the Associated Press news agency reports. Posted by: Steve 2006-04-05 |
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