One dead, 25 hurt in Indian Kashmir blast: Police

Suspected rebel dies as explosives in his car detonate by accident.


Afp March 22, 2012

SRINAGAR: A suspected rebel died and 25 by-standers were injured in Indian Kashmir on Thursday when explosives that he was carrying in his car detonated by accident, police said.

The blast occurred on a busy main road in the town of Bijbehara, 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital.

"The driver of the car was killed when explosives he was carrying in his car went off," a police officer who declined to be named told AFP.

Several of the wounded were taken to hospital, one of whom was seriously injured, he said.

Militant groups in Muslim-majority Kashmir have fought against New Delhi's rule for more than 20 years, killing security men and civilians in the highly militarised Himalayan region.

Violence has dropped sharply in Kashmir since India and Pakistan, which each hold part of the Himalayan region but claim it in full, started a peace process in 2004.

COMMENTS (11)

Nimesh | 12 years ago | Reply

@Salim Ansari: Indian Rajputs squarely defeated the "Muslim" warriors in 738AD. The Arabs never ever gained entry into India. It is the people of Multan and Sindh of Pakistan who were conquered by the Arabs which is why you are all muslim converts today.

Pinto | 12 years ago | Reply

@Salim Ansari: warriors who kill inocent people from behind

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