Kashmiri Rebels Set Off Car Bomb, Killing at Least 13
Kashmiri separatists detonated a car bomb in Srinagar on Monday, killing at least 13 people in an audacious attack in the center of the heavily fortified city, witnesses said.
The Hizbul Mujaheddin guerrilla group said in a statement delivered to news organizations that it was responsible for the explosion outside the government-run State Bank of India building.
The statement said a mine had been planted in a military vehicle with the help of army soldiers and was detonated by remote control.
Indian soldiers fighting a separatist movement in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir gather at the bank at the beginning of every month to collect their pay.
The guerrillas claimed 15 soldiers were killed in the explosion. Witnesses said five of the dead appeared to be soldiers.
Officials at the hospital where casualties were brought said 20 wounded were admitted.
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