Major attack by the jihadists in Jammu-Kashmir. From AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph:
SRINAGAR (AFP) – A politician and four civilians have died and at least 45 others were injured when suspected Islamic rebels hurled a grenade outside a Muslim shrine in Indian
Kashmir.Police said the group had just emerged from visiting the shrine when the rebels lobbed the grenade at them, in the latest attack to shake the region.
“Five people have been killed and at least 45 others have been injured,” a police spokesman told AFP by telephone from Kulgam in the south of Indian Kashmir where a revolt has raged against New Delhi’s rule since 1989.