5 Dead, 25 Injured in Attacks in Kashmir

World | September 30, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
5 Dead, 25 Injured in Attacks in Kashmir Indian security men in Kashmir, where five people have been killed and over 25 injured in shootouts and two grenade attacks by suspected Islamic militants. Photo By AFP

An Indian policeman was killed and 24 people including 10 policemen were wounded after two grenade attacks by suspected Islamic militants in Indian-administered Kashmir. Four more people died elsewhere in the restive region, according to police. Six members of the federal Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 14 civilians were injured in a grenade blast triggered by an anti-Indian militant in the village of Gagran, on the outskirts of Shopian township, 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Kashmir summer capital Srinagar, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

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