INDIA: At least four people are killed when suspected Muslim militants threw a grenade at a police post in a crowded market in Indian Kashmir

Record ID: 1374683

  • Title: INDIA: At least four people are killed when suspected Muslim militants threw a grenade at a police post in a crowded market in Indian Kashmir
  • Date: 15th November 2005
  • Summary: (BN12) SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (NOVEMBER 14, 2005) (ANI) SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING, GUN SHOTS MORE OF THE GUNBATTLE SITE, DESERTED MARKETPLACE, GUN SHOTS FIRING SECURITY PERSONNEL FIRING FROM BEHIND POLICE VEHICLES MORE OF THE ENCOUNTER IN PROGRESS, SHOTS OF GUN FIRE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) GURMEET, AN EYE WITNESS, SAYING: "We were making some purchases when suddenly there was a grenade attack. Two women were injured on the spot. While, they were being shifted to a hospital, firing started. They (suspected militants) were holed up in a hotel near a bank." VARIOUS OF THE GUNBATTLE VARIOUS OF INJURED IN HOSPITAL
  • Embargoed: 4th December 2005 16:07
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  • Location: India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAB1E9XBV631R8PKUPUDI1ZHCNE
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: At least four people were killed and nearly a dozen wounded on Monday (November 14), when suspected Muslim militants threw a grenade at a police post in a crowded market in Indian Kashmir's main city and exchanged fire with policemen.
    Witnesses said shopkeepers and pedestrians ran for cover after the blast and firing in the crowded Lal Chowk market in the heart Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital.
    Two Central Reserve Police Force troopers and two civilians were killed.
    Two militant groups, Al-Mansurian and Islamic Front, claimed responsibility for the attack.
    "We were making some purchases when suddenly there was a grenade attack. Two women were injured on the spot. While, they were being shifted to a hospital, firing started. They (suspected militants) were holed up in a hotel near a bank," said Gurmeet, an eyewitness.
    Violence continues in disputed Kashmir despite a slow-moving peace process by India and Pakistan who have fought two of their three wars over the scenic region.
    Five people, including two civilians and two militants, were killed on Sunday in a clash in the Pattan area on the outskirts of Srinagar.
    More than 45,000 people have died in the Himalayan region since a Muslim rebellion, which India says is backed by Pakistan, broke out in 1989. Islamabad denies the charge.
    On Monday, the two nuclear-armed rivals opened a fourth point for earthquake relief on the heavily militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between the two countries.
    India and Pakistan agreed to open five crossing points, as a humanitarian response to the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed over 75,000 people, mostly in Pakistani Kashmir.
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