Indians Massacred 14, Pakistan Alleges
Officials on Friday accused Indian soldiers of crossing over the disputed Kashmir border and massacring 14 villagers, including four children. India denied the claim.
Several soldiers crept into Lanjod, a village 300 yards from the border, and attacked villagers using knives and guns, Pakistani army Brig. Dilshad Hussein Malik said.
Four others were seriously injured, hospital officials said. Thirteen bodies, some decapitated, were brought to a school in nearby Dabsi for burial.
The victims were in one house for a religious gathering, state-owned Pakistan Television reported.
One of the survivors, Mohammed Younus, said he was shot in the back as he jumped from a window. He said as many as 15 men stormed the house.
“They were dressed in green uniforms, with big black boots and they were speaking Hindi,” the national language of India, he said.
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