INDIA: INDIAN COMMANDOS IN KASHMIR FREE 12 HOSTAGES FROM MILITANTS WHO HAVE EARLIER KILLED THREE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND A WOMAN
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INDIA: INDIAN COMMANDOS IN KASHMIR FREE 12 HOSTAGES FROM MILITANTS WHO HAVE EARLIER KILLED THREE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND A WOMAN
- Title: INDIA: INDIAN COMMANDOS IN KASHMIR FREE 12 HOSTAGES FROM MILITANTS WHO HAVE EARLIER KILLED THREE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND A WOMAN
- Date: 14th July 1999
- Summary: BANDIPURA, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (JULY 14, 1999) (ANI) SLV ARMY TRUCKS DRIVING PAST (2 SHOTS) SLV ARMED POLICE PERSONNEL WALKING SLV ARMY TRUCKS AND SOLDIERS
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- Location: NEW DELHI, BANDIPURA, SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Crime,Conflict,General,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA7017N5DX2G7NPTWMS1WDZ6RNP
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- Story Text: Indian commandos in Kashmir have freed 12 hostages from militants who had earlier killed three military personnel and a woman.
A senior Border Security Force official said crack troops of the elite National Security Guard and about 150 other security personnel stormed the campus early on Wednesday (July 14) morning and rescued all the hostages.
The guerrillas shot dead three military personnel and a woman on Tuesday after sneaking into the camp in Bandipur, 57 km (36 miles) north of Srinagar, the summer capital of the insurgency-plagued state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The incident has heightened fears of a backlash by separatist guerrillas following a two-month clash in mountains to the north of the bitterly disputed territory.
Chief Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir state Farooq Abdullah, who paid homage to those killed in Bandipura, suggested that Pakistan would continue to ferment trouble in Kashmir Valley after it was defeated in Kargil region.
Reacting to the incident, India's defence minister George Fernandes said incidents like Bandipura will be taken care of by armed forces. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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