Kashmir blast: One dead and many hurt south of Srinagar

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At least one person has been killed and 25 others critically wounded in a blast south of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.

The explosion took place in the town of Bijbehara 50km (31 miles) south of the summer capital on Thursday evening.

Police say the dead man was the car's driver, who may have been heading for a "suicide attack" against a security target. No group has claimed the blast.

Other officials said militants may have been moving a bomb that blew up.

"He is beyond recognition. His body parts were scattered across the road," police officials told the BBC, referring to the driver.

Eyewitnesses said the explosion in Anantnag district shook the street, blowing out windows in many nearby houses.

Police say the car was travelling towards Srinagar. The Indian army's 15 Corps is headquartered on the highway and there are several other army camps.

The 15 Corps camp has been the target of suicide bombers in the past.

In one such attack in November 1999 several soldiers including an officer were killed.

"Since it was a moving car we can't conclude anything. It could also be someone transporting explosives which went off," a top army official told the BBC.

Muslim-majority Indian-administered Kashmir has been the scene of a bloody separatist insurgency against Indian rule since 1989.

The BBC's Riyaz Masroor in Srinagar says there has been little or no violence recently in the state. But India's Chief of Army Staff Gen VK Singh recently said "terrorism is not over in Kashmir".

BBC News - Kashmir blast: One dead and many hurt south of Srinagar

 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I'm sure there will be no protests against this.

Many of these people in the valley (not all of J&K) have grown accustomed to bombs blasts by the terrorists supported by the seperatists.

 

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Kashmir Blast Kills 1, Wounds 20

SRINAGAR, India — A bomb exploded Thursday in a car outside the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing the driver and wounding at least 23 other people in what police said may have been an accident involving suspected rebels.

Authorities believe a rebel was transporting the bomb when it went off accidentally in Bijbehara town, some 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Srinagar, police officer Ramesh Jalla said.

The driver was killed in the blast, which occurred on a busy road. Three paramilitary soldiers guarding the road were among at least 23 people wounded. Nine were taken to a special hospital in Srinagar for treatment of multiple injuries. One victim was in critical condition.

"It seems the militant was carrying the bomb to plant it somewhere to target security forces," he said, noting the car had just passed a police station before it exploded.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Separately, Indian troops engaged suspected rebels in a gunbattle for several hours and killed at least one of them in Pattan, a town about 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of Srinagar, police said in a statement.

While militants have been fighting since 1989 against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan territory, violent attacks have largely been suppressed by Indian forces. In recent years, anti-Indian protest has mostly been expressed through street demonstrations marked by youths hurling stones.

More than 68,000 people have died in the last two decades of conflict and by subsequent Indian crackdowns.

Kashmir Blast Kills 1, Wounds 20

 

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Kashmir Blast Kills 1, Wounds 20

SRINAGAR, India — A bomb exploded Thursday in a car outside the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing the driver and wounding at least 23 other people in what police said may have been an accident involving suspected rebels.

Authorities believe a rebel was transporting the bomb when it went off accidentally in Bijbehara town, some 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Srinagar, police officer Ramesh Jalla said.

The driver was killed in the blast, which occurred on a busy road. Three paramilitary soldiers guarding the road were among at least 23 people wounded. Nine were taken to a special hospital in Srinagar for treatment of multiple injuries. One victim was in critical condition.

"It seems the militant was carrying the bomb to plant it somewhere to target security forces," he said, noting the car had just passed a police station before it exploded.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Separately, Indian troops engaged suspected rebels in a gunbattle for several hours and killed at least one of them in Pattan, a town about 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of Srinagar, police said in a statement.

While militants have been fighting since 1989 against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan territory, violent attacks have largely been suppressed by Indian forces. In recent years, anti-Indian protest has mostly been expressed through street demonstrations marked by youths hurling stones.

More than 68,000 people have died in the last two decades of conflict and by subsequent Indian crackdowns.

Kashmir Blast Kills 1, Wounds 20

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Actually, it's 25 critically injured, not 20. We can expect a few more deaths. Let's hope that there isn't a big increase in the death toll, it is always the innocent people that are the victims in these incidents.

 

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Actually, it's 25 critically injured, not 20. We can expect a few more deaths. Let's hope that there isn't a big increase in the death toll, it is always the innocent people that are the victims in these incidents.

Yeah I guess they haven't updated their figures

 

[Bhairava]

Suicide blast ? Someone somewhere is getting really desperate to flog a dead horse.

Who suffers ? The same people they seek to liberate.