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Grenade attack in Kashmir injures 10 amid India clampdown
[PRESSTV] A grenade attack in Kashmir.jpg "Kashmir") ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's southern city of Anantnag has injured 10 people, including a traffic policeman and a journalist, police says to ANI and on Twitter, blaming "terrorists." Many people in Kashmir have been seething since India stripped its portion of the Moslem-majority region of autonomy on August 5, shutting off phone networks and imposing curfew-like restrictions in some areas to dampen discontent. Some of those curbs have been slowly relaxed, but mobile and internet communications in the Kashmir valley are largely still blocked. The blast took place near a government office, a police official told Rooters on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to speak to media. If confirmed, that would appear to mark the first attack near a government office since India's crackdown on the region. India's home ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistain, who both claim the territory in full. More than 40,000 people have been killed in an insurgency in the Indian part of Kashmir since 1989. Related: Kashmir: 2019-10-04 Chinese Grenades Recovered in Operation in Kashmir Kashmir: 2019-10-04 Turkish opposition leader vows to expose Erdogan’s policies in Syria Kashmir: 2019-10-04 Afghan Taliban delegation meets Qureshi at foreign ministry Related: Anantnag: 2019-08-28 Civilian mistaken as soldier killed in occupied Kashmir Anantnag: 2019-06-19 Four Indian Troops Killed in New Kashmir Clashes Anantnag: 2019-02-26 India: Breakthrough in Pulwama blast investigation Posted by: Fred 2019-10-06 |
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