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Twelve injured in Kashmir attack | Twelve injured in Kashmir attack |
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At least 12 people have been wounded in a grenade attack in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. | |
The attack took place near a bunker of the security forces in the busy Budshah Chowk area of the city. | The attack took place near a bunker of the security forces in the busy Budshah Chowk area of the city. |
It is still not clear who was behind the attack. | It is still not clear who was behind the attack. |
Two months of demonstrations in the mainly Muslim Kashmir valley have left at least 40 people dead. This followed a period of relative quiet in the area. | Two months of demonstrations in the mainly Muslim Kashmir valley have left at least 40 people dead. This followed a period of relative quiet in the area. |
Protests were initially triggered in June by a state government decision - later revoked - to transfer land in the valley to a trust which administers an important Hindu shrine. | |
They eventually developed into large-scale anti-India demonstrations. | They eventually developed into large-scale anti-India demonstrations. |
The decision to drop the land transfer led to counter protests in the Hindu-majority Jammu area of Indian-administered Kashmir. | The decision to drop the land transfer led to counter protests in the Hindu-majority Jammu area of Indian-administered Kashmir. |
On 31 August the state authorities changed their minds again, saying 100 acres of land would be set aside for use by the Hindu trust - but only for the duration of the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine. |