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Five killed, 36 injured on 10th day of ceasefire in Kashmir

Five killed, 36 injured on 10th day of ceasefire in Kashmir

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Publication: The Times of India
Date: December 7, 2000

Five people have been killed and 36 others injured in separatist-related violence in Kashmir, despite an ongoing unilateral ceasefire by the security forces, police said Thursday.

Twenty-six people were injured when suspected militants threw a grenade at bus stand in Kupwara town, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Srinagar.

A police spokesman said eight of those injured were in a critical condition.

Suspected militants also hurled a hand grenade at a paramilitary police patrol near a bus stand in Kishtiwar town, 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Srinagar, injuring eight people, including two police personnel.

They were removed to hospital, where one civilian victim later died.

Three more people, including two alleged Pakistani militants were killed in separate incidents in southern Kashmir.

Meanwhile, police said they had found the body of a cloth-trader from Punjab state in the militant-infested area of Sangaldhan in southern Doda district overnight Wednesday.

The spokesman said the trader was believed to have been killed by militants.  Indian security forces suspended operations against Muslim militant groups in Kashmir on November 27.
 


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