LeT Butchers over 30 Kashmiri Hindus

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LeT major perpetrator of massacres in J-K 

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Pro-Pakistan outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, comprising mercenaries mainly

from Afghanistan and Pakistan, has emerged as a major perpetrator of

massacres, mostly on Hindu minority community, in Jammu and Kashmir. 

 

hThe mercenary outfit has engineered 17 massacres, killing 270

Hindus, in the past 10 years of militancy in the state, top security

officials say. 

 

  lThe ruthless killings have spread terror, particularly among

minority community members in Doda, Rajouri, Poonch and Udhampur

districts of Jammu division. LeT, mostly operating in vast, rugged

and dense forest areas of Doda, uses brutal methods to kill people,

they say. 

 

,Lashkar has over 350 militants operating in Doda district and 90

per cent of them are mercenaries. They have "suicide squads, known

as 'fidayeens'" and they comprise 60 per cent Afghanis, 30 per cent

Pakistanis and the rest from other countries, the officials say.

 

Eight such massacres were carried out by the outfit in Doda, four in

Kashmir valley, two in Anantnag and one each in Udhampur and Rajouri

districts, according to the officials

Miliants step up violence, gun down 32 Hindus in Kashmir 

  A girl who was injured in an attack by suspected militants at

Thava in Jammu-Kashmir State at a hospital in Jammu on Monday.

Suspected Islamic militants raided the village, about 178 kilometers

(105 miles) northeast of Jammu, and killed 22 Hindu s, police said.

Photo: AP 

Jammu, May 1. (PTI): In stepped up violence against the minority

community, militants in Jammu and Kashmir have gunned down 32 Hindus

overnight, ahead of a crucial meeting between Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh and the Hurriyat Conference. 

In the first major strike against the community since 2003,

Lashker-e-Taiba militants shot dead 19 people, including a

nine-year-old girl, after herding them out of their homes in Kulhund

village of Doda district in the wee hours today. 

The militants also killed 13 Hindus they had abducted yesterday from

a village in adjoining Udhampur district. The bodies of nine of them

were found today from the high reaches of Basantgarh area. Four

bodies were recovered yesterday. It is suspected that two Hindus

were still being held by the militants. 

Director General of Police Gopal Sharma said about 10 heavily armed

Laskhar-e-Taiba militants, wearing army fatigues, came to Kulhund

village, 200 km from here, and ordered people out of their houses in

the two localities of Panjoli and Thava. 

They were herded into the houses of two village heads. The militants

then bolted the doors of the rooms and opened indiscriminate fire,

killing 19 people and injuring nine. 

While 10 people were killed in Thava, nine were gunned down in

Panjoli. Village heads Gopi Chand and Jagdish Bhagat were among

those killed. Bhagat's daughter Sapna Devi too was killed while his

wife Giloo Devi and another eight-year-old daughter were among the

injured. 

Of the nine persons injured in the attack, eight were airlifted in

Army choppers and admitted to a hospital here. 

Rajinder Kumar Sharma, who was being treated for bullet wounds at

the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) here, said, "The

militants took village chief Gopi Chand into one of the rooms and

shot him dead. Two militants then bolted the door and opened fire on

me and others in his house." 

Giloo Devi, who lost her husband, village chief Jagdish Bhagat, said

her daughter Sapna was killed by the militants when they were

leaving their home. 

According to witnesses, some of the militants were clad in army

fatigues while others were wearing Pathan dress. 

The attack at Kulhund came two days ahead of a meeting between Prime

Minister Manmohan Singh and the Hurriyat Conference. 

It drew widespread condemnation from political leaders, including

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad,

who said it was aimed at derailing the India-Pakistan peace process. 

Azad, who arrived here from New Delhi today, held a high-level

meeting with senior civil and police officers. He also visited the

Government Medical College hospital here and enquired about the

condition of the injured. 

Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Baig said, "By singling out Hindus

for such a major massacre, they are sending a message to the entire

Indian nation that this exercise (peace process) undertaken by the

Government is futile."

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