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Kashmir rocked by family attacks
From CNN Correspondent Ram Ramgopal
SRINAGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir (CNN) -- Suspected Islamic militants opened fire indiscriminately inside a home in the village of Pamrote overnight, killing three children and wounding two adults, state police said Sunday. It is the third such attack in as many days, seemingly targeting civilians. The motive for the attack was unknown and no one has claimed responsibility. The children killed in the attack were ages four, six and 12. Their father was wounded along with a neighbor woman. Pamrote is located in the Poonch district of Jammu near the Line of Control which borders Pakistan. Four people were killed and four others wounded Saturday when gunmen burst into a home in Rebban and opened fire. That attack came after suspected separatist guerrillas shot and killed a newly elected state legislator, Abdul Aziz Mir, on Friday. In another recent incident four men were killed and three women were wounded when gunmen entered a house in Sopore, a town in northern Kashmir, and fired indiscriminately. Violence has continued unabated since a new government came to power last month promising to bring peace to the troubled region. More than a dozen guerrilla groups are fighting Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir, which is at the heart of more than 50 years of hostility with Pakistan. India accuses Pakistan arming and sending Islamic militants across the border into Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan denies the charge, saying it only provides moral and diplomatic support to what it calls a legitimate Kashmiri struggle for self-determination.
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