12 killed in Indian occupied Kashmir

11 Sep, 2005

Twelve people, including a child and three soldiers, were killed and 13 were wounded in separate attacks in occupied Kashmir, security officials said on Saturday.
Three soldiers were killed and five wounded on Saturday when freedom fighters ambushed an army convoy south of occupied Srinagar, an army spokesman said.
"The army convoy came under heavy gunfire from a house. The area has been cordoned off and troops are searching the area," army spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel V.K. Batra said.
Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Friday night, gunmen attacked families of two policemen with grenades and automatic weapons in Udhampur district, killing six people and wounding eight.
"Those killed were in their teens besides a four-year-old child," a police official said in occupied Jammu.
In another incident in the same district, gunmen killed three Hindu shepherds by slitting their throats, police said.

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