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Kashmir attacks: Indian troops and civilians killed Kashmir attacks: Indian troops and civilians killed
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At least nine people, including four policemen and three soldiers, have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir by suspected militants who attacked a police post and an army camp. Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have shot dead three men who stormed a police station and an army camp, killing at least 10 people.
The attacks took place in Kathua and Samba districts, close to the de facto border with Pakistan, police said. The gunmen were wearing Indian army uniforms when the attacked the station in Kathua district and the base in Samba district, said police.
Three militants and two civilians were also killed in the attacks. Kashmir has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989.
Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan, has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the attack as barbaric, but said it would not derail peace efforts.
India has a large security presence in Kashmir with tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces deployed in the region. He is due to meet his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week.
Indian PM Manmohan Singh said Thursday's attacks were "one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of peace".
They come days before the meeting this weekend between Mr Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Peace talks between the two countries have been stalled for the past two years, and dialogue is expected to ease recent tensions along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between the two countries.Peace talks between the two countries have been stalled for the past two years, and dialogue is expected to ease recent tensions along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between the two countries.
India has a large security presence in Kashmir with tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces deployed in the region.
'Barbaric''Barbaric'
On Thursday morning, the attackers, dressed in army uniforms, arrived at a police station in Hiranagar in Kathua and opened fire. On Thursday morning the attackers, dressed in army uniforms, arrived at a police station in Hiranagar in Kathua and opened fire.
Four policemen and two civilians were killed in the attack, police said.Four policemen and two civilians were killed in the attack, police said.
After attacking the police station, the militants hijacked a truck and fled, senior Kashmir police official Rajesh Kumar told Reuters news agency. The militants then hijacked a truck and fled, senior Kashmir police official Rajesh Kumar told Reuters news agency.
"They abandoned the truck on the national highway and perhaps took another vehicle and carried out an attack on the army camp in Samba," he said."They abandoned the truck on the national highway and perhaps took another vehicle and carried out an attack on the army camp in Samba," he said.
An army officer and two soldiers were killed in the clash in Samba.
The militants were holed up inside the army mess and were killed after a four-and-a-half-hour gunbattle, a senior army official told reporters.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told reporters that the attackers had crossed over from Pakistan on Wednesday.Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told reporters that the attackers had crossed over from Pakistan on Wednesday.
"Given the history, timing and location, the aim is to derail the proposed meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart," Mr Abdullah said."Given the history, timing and location, the aim is to derail the proposed meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart," Mr Abdullah said.
"There are forces that are inimical to peace and want to derail any peace process.""There are forces that are inimical to peace and want to derail any peace process."
Earlier this week, a paramilitary soldier was killed when suspected militants fired at two soldiers in a busy market in Srinagar.Earlier this week, a paramilitary soldier was killed when suspected militants fired at two soldiers in a busy market in Srinagar.
In recent years violence in Kashmir has abated from its peak in the 1990s, but the causes of the insurgency are still far from resolved.In recent years violence in Kashmir has abated from its peak in the 1990s, but the causes of the insurgency are still far from resolved.
And the hanging earlier this year of a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru, on charges of plotting the 2001 attack on India's parliament, has triggered a fresh spate of violence.And the hanging earlier this year of a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru, on charges of plotting the 2001 attack on India's parliament, has triggered a fresh spate of violence.
In May, four soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected militants in Pulwama district.In May, four soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected militants in Pulwama district.
In March, two armed militants disguised as cricket players attacked a paramilitary camp and killed five troops.In March, two armed militants disguised as cricket players attacked a paramilitary camp and killed five troops.
The militants were killed in retaliatory fire. Two people were arrested in connection with the attack.The militants were killed in retaliatory fire. Two people were arrested in connection with the attack.