Twelve Killed in Kashmir Attack

INDIA : Twelve people, including a child and three soldiers,

were killed and 13 were wounded in separate attacks by
suspected militants across Indian Kashmir, security officials said
on Saturday.

The attacks came days after Indian Prime Mister Manmohan

Singh assured Kashmiri separatists that New Delhi would cut
troop levels in the region if rebel violence and guerrilla incursion
from Pakistan ceased.

Three soldiers were killed and five wounded on Saturday when

militants ambushed an army convoy sounth of Srinagar, Jammu
and Kashmir states summer capital, an army spokesman said.

The army convoy came under heavy gunfire from a house.

The area has been cordoned off and troops are searching the
area, army spokesman Lt.Col. V.K. Batra said.

A banned hardline militants group, Lashkar Taiba, called a

local news service and claimed responsibility for the attack
Reuters.
 Dua belas Tewas di Kashmir Serangan

INDIA: Dua belas orang, termasuk seorang anak dan tiga tentara,
tewas dan 13 terluka dalam serangan terpisah oleh tersangka
militan di Kashmir India, kata para pejabat keamanan, Sabtu.
Serangan itu terjadi beberapa hari setelah PM India Manmohan
Singh meyakinkan Pak separatis Kashmir bahwa New Delhi akan
mengurangi jumlah pasukan di wilayah tersebut jika pemberontak
kekerasan dan serangan gerilya dari Pakistan berhenti.
Tiga tentara tewas dan lima terluka pada hari Sabtu ketika
kelompok militan menyerang konvoi tentara sounth dari Srinagar,
Jammu dan ibukota musim panas Kashmir negara, kata seorang
jurubicara militer.
"Konvoi militer berada di bawah tembakan berat dari rumah.
Daerah telah dikepung dan pasukan sedang mencari daerah,
"kata juru bicara militer Letkol. V.K. Batra mengatakan.
Sebuah garis keras dilarang militan kelompok, Lashkar Taiba,
yang disebut layanan berita lokal dan mengaku bertanggung
jawab atas serangan itu - Reuters.