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SRINAGAR, May 14 (AFP)-Seven Muslims including the chief of a pro-Pakistani Islamist group were killed in separate encounters in the Indian zone of divided Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Police said a Muslim was killed in an encounter with Indian security forces at the northern Kashmir village of Zinipora overnight Saturday. A pro-Pakistan Islamist group, Al-Badar Mujahideen, said the slain Islamist was the group's chief commander, Hanief-ul-Rehman, a 20-year-old Pakistani. Hanief, the group said, was active in Kashmir over the past five years. Four Islamists were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces at Duglichakyar village in the southern Kashmir district of Rajouri late Saturday. Two of the slain Islamists were identified as Pakistanis. Four AK rifles, 36 hand grenades, 20 improvised explosive devices and other arms and ammunition were recovered on the dead and from the site of encounter, police said. Two more Islamists were killed by security forces in two separate encounters in the Poonch and Budgam districts of Kashmir. More than 25,000 people have been killed in Kashmir since 1989 when a Muslim group campaign erupted. India accused neighboring Pakistan, which administers part of the disputed province, of fomenting unrest in its territory. Islamabad denied the charge but extends moral and diplomatic support to the Muslims fighting for an independent Kashmiri Islamic state. |
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