Rebels Shell 2 Hotels in India; No One Hurt
Muslim rebels fired rockets into two hotels, one a four-star hostelry in this former tourist paradise, and promised Friday to step up attacks on “defense installations.”
No one was hurt in the shellings, but it was the first time that rebels had attacked a hotel containing civilian guests. A dozen hotels in the city have been taken over as barracks for security forces, and they have been attacked by militants.
The rebel threat was made as Indian authorities clamped a curfew on the old city and maintained tight security across the Kashmir region to discourage violence on the second anniversary of the death of Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq.
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