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Another top Lashkar big bites it
 SRINAGAR, India - Indian soldiers in revolt-hit Kashmir have shot dead a top Islamic militant believed to have been coordinating attacks across the country, police said on Wednesday. Soldiers have shot dead Abu Umar, the all-India coordinator of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group, a police spokesman said in Kashmirs summer capital of Srinagar.Police said Umar was shot dead in a brief gunbattle late Tuesday. Abu Umar was wanted for many militancy-related incidents. His death is a big success for the security forces, the spokesman said. Police said Umar had been active in Kashmir for the past eight years and was involved in the murder of a senior police officer in May. Posted by: Steve White 2007-07-19 |
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