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Three ruling party workers killed in Indian Kashmir SRINAGAR, India, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim militants assassinated three ruling party workers on Wednesday in Indian Kashmir in the closing days of an election New Delhi hopes will bolster its rule in the flashpoint state. The National Conference party workers were gunned down in Kupwara district bordering Pakistan, police said. Kupwara voted in the first of four rounds in the Himalayan state that triggered two of the three wars between India and Pakistan since 1947 In separate bloodshed on Wednesday, at least two people were killed when militants bombed a busload of Hindu pilgrims in the south of the state and five paramilitary troops died when their vehicle ran over a landmine near Srinagar, the summer capital. The spate of attacks comes a day after the third and bloodiest round of voting in which 18 people died, including eight civilians gunned down by separatists in another bus raid. Jammu and Kashmir has been racked by violence aimed at derailing the election. More than 600 people, including a state minister and about three dozen political workers, have been killed since the poll was announced on August 2. |
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