JAMMU, April 30 (2006): Militants shot dead four Hindus in Kashmir who were part of a group of nine abducted by the guerrillas earlier on Sunday, police said. "They had gone to graze their cattle when militants kidnapped them. So far, we have recovered four bodies with bullet marks," senior police officer Lalit I. Mohanty said. "Five others are still missing." The kidnapping took place near Basantgarh in Udhampur district 65 km (40 miles) east of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian Kashmir.  (For complete...

SRINAGAR, April 27 (2006): Suspected Islamist militants detonated a grenade at Pahalgam in Kashmir on Thursday, wounding 14 people, including at least eight tourists, police said. More than 600,000 overwhelmingly Indian tourists visited Indian Kashmir last year but separatist attacks have increased in recent weeks across the region. Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan but is claimed in full by both. (For complete story write to admin@freepresskashmir.com)

SRINAGAR, April 25 (2006): At least 23 people, including eight schoolchildren, were wounded in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday as suspected Islamist militants stepped up violence in the disputed region, police said. The children were among 15 people wounded when a grenade exploded at a crowded bus station in Tral town, south of Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state. "After the explosion, I saw a six-year-old child writhing and covered in blood. I brought him to the hospital," Kurshid Ahmad, a witness...

SRINAGAR, April 24 (2006): A pedestrian was killed and 25 people wounded in grenade attacks by suspected Islamist militants in Indian Kashmir on Monday as the disputed region voted in by-polls for the state assembly, police said. At least 15 people, including two soldiers, were wounded when unidentified militants threw a grenade at a polling booth in Wagoora town in north Kashmir while four people were injured in a similar attack at a nearby polling station. (For complete story write to...

SRINAGAR, April 15 (2006): Nine suspected militants were arrested in overnight raids, police in Indian Kashmir said on Saturday, accusing them of involvement in a wave of grenade attacks that killed five people and wounded 40. "These nine terrorists are involved in the attacks and are affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad," Gopal Sharma, police chief of Jammu and Kashmir state, told a news conference. Three militant groups including Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for seven explosions that rocked...