10 Killed in Kashmir on First Day of India’s Cease-Fire
Ten people were killed and 20 wounded in separatist violence across Kashmir on Tuesday, the first day of a unilateral cease-fire declared by India in the Himalayan region.
Militants blew up an Indian army vehicle, shattering the peace that had briefly descended after New Delhi implemented the unprecedented cease-fire, which is to last the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The pro-Pakistani Hizbul Moujahedeen guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the land mine attack on the truck, which killed three soldiers and wounded 12.
Indian forces killed five people who were trying to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir state from across the border in Pakistan.
Two other people were killed in the incident and eight wounded, police said. Militants also fired on a security patrol elsewhere in the state, but no one was killed or injured.
About a dozen Islamic militant groups have been fighting for 11 years to either merge Kashmir with Pakistan or free it from India.
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