May 26, 2006

Jihadists kill three Indian tourists in Jammu-Kashmir

Tourist Jihad in Jammu and Kashmir -- the mujahedin may be taking a page from the Egyptian jihad playbook. "Grenade kills three Indian tourists in Kashmir," from Reuters, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:

SRINAGAR, India - At least three Indian tourists, including a child, were killed on Thursday when suspected Islamist militants threw a grenade at their bus in Kashmir’s main city, Srinagar, police and witnesses said.

The attack, which also wounded seven tourists, came as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wound up two days of talks in the city with local political leaders over the fate of the Himalayan region, split between India and Pakistan and claimed by both.