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| UK woman 'stabbed to death' in Kashmir | |
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| The British High Commission in Delhi says it is investigating reports that a British woman has been found dead in Indian-administered Kashmir. | The British High Commission in Delhi says it is investigating reports that a British woman has been found dead in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
| Police said the woman had allegedly been stabbed to death on a houseboat in the summer capital, Srinagar. | Police said the woman had allegedly been stabbed to death on a houseboat in the summer capital, Srinagar. |
| A Dutch man, who was also apparently staying in the houseboat, has been arrested, police added. | A Dutch man, who was also apparently staying in the houseboat, has been arrested, police added. |
| The commission says it is in touch with local authorities and is trying to get more information. | The commission says it is in touch with local authorities and is trying to get more information. |
| The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it is looking into the reports. | |
| "We are aware of reports of an incident involving a British national in Srinagar, Kashmir, and are looking into it," a spokesman said. | |
| Indian media have reported that the woman was in her twenties. | |
| Abdul Ghani Mir, the police inspector general of Indian-administered Kashmir, told NDTV in India: "The Dutch national had fled from the houseboat in the night, leaving behind his belongings. | |
| "He was trying to flee from the Valley, carrying only his passport. We flashed an alert for his arrest." | |
| The British woman had been staying on the houseboat for two months, the owner told the television station, adding that she had been "like her daughter". | |
| Correspondents say violent attacks on women have been in greater focus in India since the fatal gang rape of a young student in Delhi last December which led to widespread protests. |