9 Killed, 4 Injured in Kashmir Violence

Clashes between Islamic militants and the Indian army killed nine people, while a grenade blast injured four women in Jammu and Kashmir state. Six militants and an army captain were killed when Indian forces ambushed a group of rebels in Pir Bhadesar, 125 miles northwest of Jammu, the state’s winter capital, officials said. Soldiers also killed two militants in Poonch, 140 miles northwest of Jammu. Meanwhile, four women were wounded in Srinagar, the state’s summer capital, when suspected Islamic guerrillas lobbed a grenade near a Muslim shrine. A Hungarian woman and her daughter suffered minor shrapnel wounds, a police spokesman said. Two Kashmiri women also were injured.