The Hindu : 9 policemen killed

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Front Page \| Previous \| Next 9 policemen killed By Shujaat Bukhari HANDWARA, SEPT. 17. Nine police personnel, three of them Assistant Sub-Inspectors, were killed and eleven injured when militants of the Pakistan-based outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba, struck in this border town on Sunday night. The Superintendent of Police, Handwara, Mr. Garib Das, said two militants forced their entry into the camp of the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police, threw grenades and resorted to indiscriminate firing. One of them, Abu Usman, was killed in the encounter that followed. A LeT spokesman confirmed that two men of his fidayeen unit attacked the camp. Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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Front Page \| Previous \| Next 9 policemen killed By Shujaat Bukhari HANDWARA, SEPT. 17. Nine police personnel, three of them Assistant Sub-Inspectors, were killed and eleven injured when militants of the Pakistan-based outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba, struck in this border town on Sunday night. The Superintendent of Police, Handwara, Mr. Garib Das, said two militants forced their entry into the camp of the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police, threw grenades and resorted to indiscriminate firing. One of them, Abu Usman, was killed in the encounter that followed. A LeT spokesman confirmed that two men of his fidayeen unit attacked the camp. Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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