Posted on 07/29/2005 8:42:36 AM PDT by Srirangan
Srinagar, July. 29 (PTI): Militants carried out an attack in the busy Budshah chowk area here triggering a heavy exchange of fire with security forces in which eight people, including four mediapersons, were injured. A police vehicle was on fire after it was hit by a grenade thrown by militants, official sources said.
The injured mediapersons were two TV cameramen and two press photographers.
Giving details of the attack, the sources said militants lobbed a grenade and fired indiscriminately targeting security personnel camping in a building located in the heart of the city at around 5 pm.
The security forces retaliated and in the exchange of fire four pedestrians were injured.
Militants have taken shelter in a hotel building and effort were on to flush them out, the sources said.
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Darned Quakers. Can't trust 'em.
There was an article earlier about how Pakistan shelled the area so the terrorists could infiltrate in.
Summer Jihad Offensive.
The Hills are alive with the sound of Jihad,
The Song they have sung,
For a thousand years......
Can't you see Julie Andrews all dolled up in a burka?
They don't mention it's Islamic terror in the article. What makes us think this is an act of Islamic terrorism? /s
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