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Car bomb kills six in Kashmir, wounds 16
A suicide bomber slammed a car into a military jeep in Srinagar on Wednesday, killing six people -- including himself and four soldiers -- and wounding 16, police and witnesses said. "Suddenly there was a huge explosion," witness Ghulam Mohammad told Reuters. "I was thrown off my cycle. When I looked back I saw a lot of dust and smoke. I could hear people screaming for help." Witnesses saw four dead bodies lying next to a damaged jeep which had been part of a military convoy. Near the jeep, another car lay destroyed and bloodstains marked the road.
"Apparently it was a suicide bomber who rammed into the army jeep. We are investigating," police officer Sayed Ahmed said, adding that one of the six dead was a civilian. The attack by a suspected Muslim militant took place 50 metres (yards) from a Christian missionary school which put up a sign on its closed gate reading: "All students are safe". Worried parents had rushed to the school asking about their children. The blast, which partially damaged a four-storey office building, took place near a high-security zone where several ministers from the Jammu and Kashmir state government live. The explosion came as India said there had been a sudden rise in incursions by Muslim militants fighting New Delhi's rule in Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani sector. However, it has said this will not damage the India-Pakistan peace process.
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