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Two Dead, Six Wounded in Indian Kashmir Attack
Suspected Muslim rebels attacked a crowded railway station in Indian Kashmir Friday, killing two security men and wounding at least six people, police said. The attack came on the eve of a rare trip to Pakistan by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who is due to attend a January 4-6 South Asian summit there. The nuclear-armed rivals have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir. "So far, two security personnel have been killed and six others injured. The injured have been shifted to a hospital and the encounter is still going on," a senior police official in Jammu city, Indian Kashmirâs winter capital, told Reuters. Hundreds of passengers were in the Jammu station at the time of the evening attack. Police said their main priority was to evacuate the station, as they surrounded it. It was the latest of almost daily attacks by separatist rebels who have been fighting Indian rule in the Muslim-majority state since 1989 in a rebellion that has killed more than 40,000 people. Posted by: TS 2004-01-02 |
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