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| Blast hits Kashmir mountain resort: police |
| 2008-07-21 |
| Several people were hurt in an explosion at Kashmir's main mountain tourist resort Sunday, the second attack in two days, police and witnesses said. "Preliminary reports suggest that several people were hurt in an explosion in Gulmarg," a police officer who did not want to be named said. "Police teams have rushed to the spot," he said. Gulmarg is a hill station popular among Indian tourists wishing to escape the summer heat of the subcontinent, and a well-know adventure ski resort in the winter. It is situated 52 kilometers (32 miles) west of the summer capital Srinagar and close to the Line of Control, the heavily militarised border dividing Kashmir between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan. The blast came a day after nine Indian soldiers were killed and 16 injured when their bus was hit by an improvised explosive device near Srinagar. |
| Posted by:Fred |