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Four of a family killed in Kashmir attack SRINAGAR, India, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead four and wounded three members of a family in an overnight attack in India's Jammu and Kashmir state, police said on Saturday. The attack came after suspected separatist guerrillas shot and killed a newly elected state legislator on Friday. Violence has continued unabated since a new government came to power last month promising to bring peace to the troubled region. A police official said four men were killed and three women were wounded when gunmen entered a house in Sopore, a town in northern Kashmir, and fired indiscriminately. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. More than a dozen guerrilla groups are fighting Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir, which is at the heart of more than 50 years of hostility with Pakistan. India accuses Pakistan arming and sending Islamic militants across the border into Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan denies the charge, saying it only provides moral and diplomatic support to what it calls a legitimate Kashmiri struggle for self-determination. |
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