Hizbul Mujahideen, the main militant group fighting Indian occupation in Kashmir, announced on Wednesday a complete ban on militant grenade attacks in public places.| Militant tactics include frequent grenade attacks against Indian army bunkers and vehicles. The targets are invariably protected by wire mesh. The grenades regularly bounce back and explode among civilians. Roughly 1,500 bystanders have died in such explosions over the past 18 years. |
Militant tactics include frequent grenade attacks against Indian army bunkers and vehicles, although the targets are invariably protected by wire mesh. The grenades regularly bounce back and explode among civilians, or otherwise provoke random retaliatory gunfire. Observers believe that roughly 1,500 bystanders have died in such explosions over the past 18 years, although the militants have blamed Indian troops for the deaths.