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Blast in Kashmir on India independence day
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-15 13:03
A grenade exploded near a stadium in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar
on Monday before the start of a ceremony to mark India's independence
anniversary, but police said there was nobody dead or wounded, Reuters reported.
The grenade went off an hour before the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Mufti Mohammad Syed was due to attend the independence celebrations at the
heavily guarded stadium.
Militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir have frequently targeted
independence day ceremonies and the main political separatist group the All
Parties Hurriyat (freedom) Conference called for a general strike to mark the
day.
India marks August 15 -- the day it became free from British rule in 1947 --
with parades, ceremonies and cultural events, with the main celebrations in New
Delhi.
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