Srinagar attack: Inside job suspected
Indo-Asian News Service
Hindustan Times
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New Delhi (India):
The Govt suspected an "inside job" to sabotage a peace initiative of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Jammu and Kashmir.
This came came after seven people, including two terrorists, were killed in an attack on a political rally on Sunday.
"It was a huge security lapse. We suspect it could be an inside job (ahead of the Prime Minister's visit)," Home Ministry sources in New Delhi said of the attack on a Congress rally to commemorate the 15th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that also left 22 people injured.
Five civilians and two terrorists were among those killed.
The sources drew a parallel between Sunday's attack and that in Srinagar April 6, 2005, a day ahead of the launch of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service.
"The whole attempt is to derail the (ongoing India-Pakistan) peace process," the sources said.
Manmohan Singh will be visiting Srinagar on May 24-25 for a second roundtable conference with Kashmiri leaders.
Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police K Rajendra and Deputy Superintendent of Police Shiekh Faisal Quyoom were among those injured in the attack at the Sher-e-Kashmir Park in the heart of the city when two terrorists lobbed hand grenades and fired indiscriminately from automatic weapons.
May 21, 2006
Indo-Asian News Service
Hindustan Times
____________
New Delhi (India):
The Govt suspected an "inside job" to sabotage a peace initiative of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Jammu and Kashmir.
This came came after seven people, including two terrorists, were killed in an attack on a political rally on Sunday.
"It was a huge security lapse. We suspect it could be an inside job (ahead of the Prime Minister's visit)," Home Ministry sources in New Delhi said of the attack on a Congress rally to commemorate the 15th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that also left 22 people injured.
Five civilians and two terrorists were among those killed.
The sources drew a parallel between Sunday's attack and that in Srinagar April 6, 2005, a day ahead of the launch of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service.
"The whole attempt is to derail the (ongoing India-Pakistan) peace process," the sources said.
Manmohan Singh will be visiting Srinagar on May 24-25 for a second roundtable conference with Kashmiri leaders.
Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police K Rajendra and Deputy Superintendent of Police Shiekh Faisal Quyoom were among those injured in the attack at the Sher-e-Kashmir Park in the heart of the city when two terrorists lobbed hand grenades and fired indiscriminately from automatic weapons.
May 21, 2006
