Posted on 03/18/2003 9:55:28 AM PST by swarthyguy
NEW DELHI (dpa) - A Japanese student tried to commit suicide in the strife-torn northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, apparently because it didn't match with what he had seen in travel brochures, a news report said Sunday. Koichiro Takata, a 22-year-old student from Japan, said, "This is not the Kashmir I have known and read about. I was hurt," the Indian Express newspaper reported.
A student of opthalmology, Takata said he was depressed by the ominous presence of gun-toting security personnel and the absence of happy people.
As he walked for nine kilometres from Srinagar city airport, Takata said he "went crazy and was anxious" thinking about all the police guards around him.
He stabbed himself several times with a pair of scissors, the Indian Express reported.
"I was afraid and went crazy after seeing so many gun-toting men in the city. I thought my safety is in question and the gunmen will kill me instantaneously," Takata said.
The picturesque state remains under siege, with both India and Pakistan staking claim to the region.
Two of the three wars fought between India and Pakistan have been over predominantly Muslim Kashmir.
What a moron. Another person emotionally damaged and rendered unable to cope with life by the propaganda of the politically correct and anti-gun mob.
Hey, if he did, he might have survived. As far as I heard, that gal who died SAT on the ground and the handful of other protestors surrounding her cut and ran. "How not to be seen."
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