Saturday, 29. March 2003

Topic: Terror - on March 29, 2003 at 1:10:41 AM CET

Kashmir militants 'cut off villagers' noses'

Muslim separatists have cut off the noses of five villagers in a remote area of Jammu, according to police in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The police say the militants assumed the victims were informers for the security forces.

This was the first incident of the kind in over 13 years of secessionist violence in the state, the police say.

Militants have killed civilians in the past on suspicion of being informers for the security forces.

¬> BBC

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