August 06, 2008
Kashmir clashes claim 2 lives
Posted by: Thinker : Category: News
Srinagar - Two police officers were killed on Tuesday when thousands of angry Hindus in Indian Kashmir stormed a police post as religious tensions reached a new pitch in the insurgency-racked state, police said. The police officers were killed when the protesters attacked the isolated police post in the mainly Hindu region of Jourian in the south of the Muslim-majority state. A rescue team “could not reach the spot in time to save them”, said a senior police official, asking not to be named. Some 4 000 Hindus were involved in the attack, he said, adding he had no more details. New turmoil The latest violence erupted after the state government reneged on a plan to transfer land to a Hindu…
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