11 Killed in Amritsar Attack
Associated Press
AMRITSAR, India —
Six assailants, thought to be Sikh extremists, fired automatic weapons from Jeeps into crowds at a shopping district today, killing 11 people and seriously wounding seven, police reported.
The attackers sped away after killing three shopkeepers and eight passers-by in the Krishna Nagar district on the outskirts of Amritsar. Eight of those killed were Hindus and three were Sikhs.
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