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| At least 11 wounded in grenade attack in Kashmir |
| 2002-09-22 |
| At least 11 people were wounded in Indian-ruled Kashmir on Sunday when suspected separatist militants threw a grenade near a crowded bus stop, police said. The target of the attack in the town of Shopian, two days before Tuesday's second round of voting for a new assembly in the Himalayan state, was apparently a passing security patrol. "Militants lobbed a grenade on a security patrol near the Shopian bus stand which missed the target and exploded, injuring 11 civilians," a police spokesman said. There's only so many times this story's funny. Apparently these guys manage to hit their intended target with grenades about one out of every four times. The other three times they turn large numbers of innocent bystanders into strawberry jam... No group claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack. They're all too embarrassed... More than 470 people, including a state minister and about 30 political activists, have died in poll-related violence since the election was called on August 2. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |