WORLD IN BRIEF : KASHMIR : Kidnapers Threaten Official’s Daughter
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Kidnapers of an Indian Cabinet minister’s daughter threatened to kill her after negotiations for her release broke down. Rubaiya Sayeed, 22, daughter of Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, was kidnaped Friday. The separatist Kashmir Liberation Front took responsibility and demanded the release of five to seven militants. The front wants India’s northern state of Jammu and Kashmir either to become independent or a part of Islamic Pakistan.
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