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| Sunday, 17 July 2005 |
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India says Ayodhya attackers came from Pakistan India (AFP) - Five gunmen who attacked a disputed religious site in northern India were Islamic militants who came from Pakistan, police said Friday, adding that two gun-runners linked to the assault have been arrested in Kashmir. The five were all members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba guerrilla force, which India blames for an attack on its parliament in December 2001 and on a Hindu temple in western Gujarat state in 2002, a police chief said. The militants were gunned down by Indian troops when they blasted their way into a heavily-guarded religious complex claimed by both Hindus and Muslims in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya on July 5. A sixth person who has not been identified was also killed. "The militants crossed over into India from Pakistan in August 2004 and began their plans to attack the shrine," said Yashpal Singh, chief of the police force of Uttar Pradesh state where Ayodhya is located. "They were all foreign nationals," Singh told reporters in state capital Lucknow, without elaborating. None of Kashmir's two dozen Islamic separatist groups have so far claimed responsibility for the strike on the Ayodhya site. Police chief Singh said two gun-runners linked to the assault were arrested in Kashmir and had provided vital information on the modus operandi of the attackers. Two of the slain guerrillas had been identified, he said, adding that the five lived in a New Delhi rented house before travelling to Ayodhya. |
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