The Hindu : Jammu attack condemned

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Thursday, Jul 18, 2002

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Jammu attack condemned

NEW YORK JULY 17. Human Rights Watch has condemned the attack on Saturday by gunmen on a shantytown in Jammu. Twentyeight civilians were killed in the attack.

``All parties to the conflict have an obligation to protect civilian lives,'' said Mike Jendrzejczyk, Washington director for Asia at Human Rights Watch. "Mass, targeted attacks on civilians are intolerable and must be stopped.''

Human Rights Watch urged the Indian authorities to undertake a prompt and thorough investigation and that persons implicated in the attack be prosecuted with all due process protections. It said the attack was condemned by the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella organisation for the mainstream separatist political leadership in Srinagar, and the United Jehad Council, a grouping of Pakistan-based guerrila organisations. The Government of Pakistan had also issued a prompt condemnation of the attack.

The attack was the second mass killing of civilians in Jammu in two months. In May, 32 persons were killed when three gunmen hijacked a bus, killing seven, and then raided the residential quarters of an army base at Kaluchak.

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