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| Kashmir grenade attack kills four | Kashmir grenade attack kills four |
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| At least four people have been killed in a grenade attack close to a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to police. | At least four people have been killed in a grenade attack close to a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to police. |
| Eyewitnesses say unidentified men threw the grenade into a crowded area after Friday prayers at the mosque in the district of Pulwama. | Eyewitnesses say unidentified men threw the grenade into a crowded area after Friday prayers at the mosque in the district of Pulwama. |
| The motive for the attack is not clear. No group has claimed responsibility. | The motive for the attack is not clear. No group has claimed responsibility. |
| The incident comes days before top officials of India and Pakistan resume peace talks. | The incident comes days before top officials of India and Pakistan resume peace talks. |
| Around 36 people were wounded in Friday's attack. | Around 36 people were wounded in Friday's attack. |
| Senior police official Hemant Lohia told the Associated Press news agency that the incident happened when people were leaving Friday afternoon prayers in the village of Tahat, about 35 km (20 miles) south of Srinagar, the state's summer capital. | Senior police official Hemant Lohia told the Associated Press news agency that the incident happened when people were leaving Friday afternoon prayers in the village of Tahat, about 35 km (20 miles) south of Srinagar, the state's summer capital. |
| Exhibition attack | |
| In Srinagar itself, four civilians and a paramilitary soldier were injured in a grenade blast. | |
| It tool place near an exhibition ground where the state's chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, was due to open an annual exhibition of Kashmiri handicraft. | |
| More than 60,000 people have been killed since 1989, when an armed separatist insurgency began in Indian-administered Kashmir. | More than 60,000 people have been killed since 1989, when an armed separatist insurgency began in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
| On the Pakistani side of the Line of Control that divides Kashmir, five girls were killed when they mistook a mortar bomb for a toy, officials say. | On the Pakistani side of the Line of Control that divides Kashmir, five girls were killed when they mistook a mortar bomb for a toy, officials say. |
| Both sides of the Line of Control are littered with unexploded ordnance. | Both sides of the Line of Control are littered with unexploded ordnance. |