The World : Sikh Hideouts Targeted
Thousands of paramilitary troops were mobilized in the Indian state of Punjab to raid hideouts of Sikh extremists after at least 12 people were killed in weekend attacks. About 4,500 of the troops were sent into districts bordering Pakistan, where the hideouts are believed located. In the latest attack, masked terrorists killed two people and wounded one when they fired on Hindus praying at a shrine in Haruwal village, six miles from Pakistan, authorities said. The shrine is run by Bakshish Singh Sandhu, a Sikh denounced as blasphemous by extremists.
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