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| Kashmir Korpse Kount |
| 2004-02-06 |
| TWENTY people were killed today in attacks across Indian Kashmir on the deadliest day in the divided Himalayan province since Pakistan and India agreed to resume talks a month ago. Nine Islamic rebels and an Indian army officer were killed in a gunbattle in the northern Kupwara district, with three of the guerrillas’ bodies so charred they could not be recovered, police said. The shootout came hours after four troops from the army’s counter-insurgency wing, the Rashtriya Rifles, were killed when their bus ran over a landmine in the forests of the central Anantnag district, according to an army spokesman. He said another eight soldiers and two people operating the bus on contract were injured by the blast. Elsewhere, suspected rebels shot dead two civilians, a bystander was killed in crossfire and three more militants were gunned down by troops. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #3 I'd call that grounds for a moderate amount of ululation and some underpriced champagne! I'd call that grounds for a moderate amount of ululation and some underpriced champagne! |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-2-6 8:57:49 PM |
| #2 Here's a update on one of the deaders: Police in Kashmir killed a commander of a leading separatist groups fighting to end Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said Friday. Rafiq Ledri, 35, who police allege headed the armed wing of Ul-Umar Mujahideen, was shot late Thursday during a raid on his hide-out in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir, said Javed Gilani, a senior superintendent of police. "We acted on a tip-off and the operation was a success," Gilani said. Ledri's bloodied body was also identified Friday morning by one of his sisters in the police morgue, according to an Associated Press Television News cameraman who was present. The sister kissed Ledri's head and pleaded with the police to release the body for burial before noon prayers on Friday, the Muslim holy day. "Get him out of here, he's getting ripe." |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-6 10:05:51 AM |
| #1 Here's a update on one of the deaders: Police in Kashmir killed a commander of a leading separatist groups fighting to end Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said Friday. Rafiq Ledri, 35, who police allege headed the armed wing of Ul-Umar Mujahideen, was shot late Thursday during a raid on his hide-out in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir, said Javed Gilani, a senior superintendent of police. "We acted on a tip-off and the operation was a success," Gilani said. Ledri's bloodied body was also identified Friday morning by one of his sisters in the police morgue, according to an Associated Press Television News cameraman who was present. The sister kissed Ledri's head and pleaded with the police to release the body for burial before noon prayers on Friday, the Muslim holy day. "Get him out of here, he's getting ripe." |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-6 9:58:07 AM |