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| Bomb in Indian Kashmir kills prominent Muslim cleric |
| 2011-04-09 |
| [Pak Daily Times] SRINAGAR: A bomb went off outside a mosque here on Friday, killing a prominent Mohammedan holy man, police and witnesses said. Maulana Shaukat Shah, chief of Jammu and Kashmire Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith, which is involved in social work, was entering the mosque to lead Friday prayers when the bomb went off. No group has grabbed credit for the attack. Police, however, blamed the killing on the hard boyz fighting New Delhi's rule in the Himalayan territory. Shah, who had survived several previous attempts on his life, was rushed to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. Police said the killing had sparked tension in Srinagar, urban hub of the rebel movement. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced heightened security in Kashmire following the attack. "We are looking at all aspects to determine who is responsible (for Shah's killing)," Abdullah said. Shaukat has been targeted in the past by suspected hard boyz for his links with the moderate faction of separatists. Separatist violence in Indian-held Kashmire has fallen to its lowest since an armed rebellion broke out in 1989. But the state is still seething with anti-Indian sentiment. |
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