Nine killed in Kashmir

Published January 10, 2004

SRINAGAR, Jan 9: At least 20 people were injured in a grenade attack near a mosque while nine others were killed elsewhere in renewed violence in occupied Kashmir, officials said on Friday.

Police said an unidentified man hurled a grenade at a crowded mosque during Friday prayers, injuring 20 including two policemen near the complex in Jammu.

Indian troops, meanwhile, shot dead eight Mujahideen on Friday in three separate encounters in the districts of Doda, Kupwara and Baramulla, a police spokesman said, adding a civilian was murdered by the freedom fighters in Budgam district.-AFP

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