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| Seven hurt in grenade blast in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir |
| 2006-07-25 |
| SRINAGAR, India - Seven civilians were hurt Tuesday in a grenade blast triggered by suspected Muslim rebels at a bus stand along a tourist route in insurgency-wracked Indian Kashmir, police said. “Seven people were wounded when a grenade explosion took place at a small, busy bus stand at Narbal,” a police spokesman said. Narbal, just north of summer capital Srinagar, lies on a road to the tourist resorts of Tangmarg and Gulmarg. The police spokesman said authorities were seeking a motive for the blast and did not know whether it was linked to a recent spate of attacks against tourists that has come amid an overall rise in violence in Indian Kashmir. Some 15 tourists have died in the attacks blamed by police on militants. Police announced on the weekend they had arrested the alleged mastermind of the attacks which began in May on the tourists and claimed he belongs to the guerrilla group Lashkar-e-Taiba. But militant outfits, including Lashkar, have condemned the tourist attacks. |
| Posted by:Steve |