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An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard after a landmine explosion in Srinagar. |
SRINAGAR,
Kashmir, November 23 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - At least
eight Indian troops were killed and 19 others injured Saturday,
November 23, when their bus hit a landmine in Indian-administered
Kashmir, police sources said.
The
army soldiers' convoy hit the landmine placed by suspected Islamic
fighters at Lower Munda, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the
summer capital Srinagar on the main highway to the winter capital
Jammu, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
"Their
bus hit a landmine and then tumbled down the mountain into a
stream," said a policeman.
The
injured soldiers were airlifted to Srinagar's military hospital, where
the condition of several was critical.
A
private truck carrying soldiers that was following the bus was also
damaged.
The
attack came a day after fighters stormed a hotel serving as a police
camp in central Srinagar, leaving six policemen and two militants
dead.
A
spokesman for Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist movement fighting for the
independence of Kashmir, claimed responsibility for the attack on the
police and said one of the slain fighters was from Lower Munda.
The
300-kilometer (180-mile) highway from Srinagar to Jammu is the only
transport link connecting the violence-torn province's two largest
cities.
Troops
travel on the highway daily, making them attractive targets for
attacks.
On
November 11, eight federal policemen were killed and several injured
in another landmine attack on the road.
The
explosion Saturday stranded hundreds of vehicles traveling between
Kashmir's capital cities.
"Efforts
are on to clear the traffic mess on the highway, and senior police
officers have already reached the spot," a police spokesman said.
But
police said the area of the attack was cordoned off as security forces
hunt for militants.
Meanwhile,
in Srinagar, independence fighters fired four rifle grenades at two
paramilitary camps without causing any damage.
A
little known group called the al-Madina Regiment claimed
responsibility for the Srinagar attack.
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