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Gunmen Shoot Six Sikhs in India's Kashmir State

Gunmen Shoot Six Sikhs in India's Kashmir State

Author: Qaiser Mirza, Associated Press Writer
Publication: The Associated Press
Date: February 4, 2001

Gunmen killed six people in a drive-by shooting and injured five others in India's violence-wracked Kashmir state, police said Sunday. The attack took place late Saturday in downtown Shrinagar as the victims were returning home from work, said police officer Ghulam Hasan Bhatt.

All the victims were members of the minority Sikh community. Kashmir's population is overwhelmingly Muslim.

Five people died immediately, and one died during surgery at a local hospital, Bhatt said. Five remained hospitalized in serious condition.

Police imposed a curfew in many parts of Shrinagar, fearing more violence or retaliatory attacks by the small Sikh community. Paramilitary forces patrolled the streets and residents were told to stay indoors.

Saturday's attack was the second in a year against the Sikhs, who number 5,000 in Shrinagar, a city of 1 million people. On March 21, 35 Sikhs were killed by unidentified attackers in the Sikh village of Chattisinghpora on the eve of former President Clinton's weeklong visit to India.

None of the dozen militant groups fighting to separate Kashmir from India claimed responsibility for the attack. More than 30,000 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 1989. However, human rights groups say the death toll exceeds 60,000.
 


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