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Kashmir Korpse Kount
Five people were killed in continuing rebel violence in Kashmir, a police spokesman said. He said Friday the two rebels were killed overnight in the southern Kashmir district of Poonch during an encounter sparked by a "cordon and search" operation by Indian troops. He said that in another incident suspected militants shot dead a Muslim civilian, named as Sajjad Ahmed, overnight in the Kralgund village of northern Kupwara district. Police said suspected rebels killed two more civilians in southern Anantnag, and central Budgam districts overnight and Friday. The motive for the civilian killings was not known. Violence by rebels — who are fighting to end Indian rule in Kashmir — has persisted in the restive region despite a two-week old ceasefire by the Indian and Pakistani armies along their shared borders in Kashmir. The violence has left 98 people dead, including 60 rebels, since the truce began on November 26. Meanwhile, 25 bullets from a pen-pistol siezed Friday by police near Handwara town, 85 kilometers (53 miles) north of the summer capital Srinagar, have been sent to a police laboratory for analysis, police said. The bullets marked "Neuroxene" and "BA" were sent for examination after a constable fell unconcious after breaking one of them open.
Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-12-13 |
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