Militants kill twenty-two villagers in Jammu

Monday, May 1, 2006, 9:52 [IST]

Srinagar. May 1: Suspected militants today killed at least 22 villagers and seriously injured five others in remote villages of Panjdobi and Thava in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Armed Lashkar-e-Toiba militants gathered the villagers outside the houses of the heads of Panjdobi and Thava hamlets in Udhayanpur belt of the district around 2 a.m and opened fire, killing 22 Hindus.

An ex-serviceman, who escaped from the spot, later informed the police about the killings, said Inspector General of Police, Jammu, S P Vaid.This is the second instance of terror striking Jammu within 24 hours. Jammu police found the bodies of four cattle grazers who were among nine people abducted by suspected militants, on Sunday.

Army has rushed to the area to take care of the situation

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Car bomb kills 4 in town south of Baghdad

Thursday, March 15, 2007,13:15 [IST]

Baghdad, Mar 15: A car bomb exploded today as a bus carrying state employees passed by in the town of Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 24, a police source said.The blast hit the bus carrying workers for a state mechanical industry company, police said. Two days ago a senior executive in the company was killed by gunmen in the town, 40 km from the Iraqi capital.US and Iraqi forces are one month into a major crackdown on.....