Six shot dead in Kashmir

Published July 20, 2005

JAMMU, July 19: Militants on Tuesday shot dead six members of a family in occupied Kashmir, police said. Police said the family members of village head Mohammad Akhtar were in their makeshift home in the village of Mahore, 150 kilometres east of Jammu, when they were attacked.

Initial reports were that all the victims were male but their ages and other details were not immediately available.

No militant organization has claimed responsibility.—AFP

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