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| India-Pakistan |
| Kashmir Korpse Kount |
| 2003-07-22 |
| Eight civilians, seven Muslim militants and an Indian soldier were killed while 21 others were injured in a surge of violence in Indian Kashmir, police said on Saturday. A police spokesperson said two militants and a soldier were killed and two army soldiers injured in a five-hour gunbattle in the central Kashmir district of Budgam. A Muslim civilian, Ghulam Mohammed, was killed in the crossfire, he said. Indian troops shot dead five more militants in four separate encounters around the province on Saturday, police said. Suspected rebels also shot dead Gul Mohammed, a worker with India’s main opposition Congress in the village of Bragam near Dooru township. Two Kashmiri Sikhs - Harbans Singh and Mohinder Singh - were killed and two other people injured during a gunfight between rebels and security forces that destroyed a house in the village of Bhella in the southern district of Rajouri, police said. Police said suspected rebels also killed three Muslims, including father and son in the villages of Hiltak and Kandi in Rajouri district. Unidentified gunmen also sliced off the nose of a Muslim woman, Posha Begum, in the village of Chek Helmatpora in northern Kupwara district overnight. The motive for the attack was not immediately known. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |