Leader of Hindu Party Fatally Shot in India
<i> Associated Press</i>
NEW DELHI —
A leader of a Hindu fundamentalist party was shot dead Saturday by suspected Muslim militants in possible retaliation for the razing of a mosque by Hindus.
Santosh Thakur, the regional general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Jammu-Kashmir state, where Islamic guerrillas are fighting for independence from mostly Hindu India.
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