Indian soldier in Kashmir kills fellow troops
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Five soldiers dead after member of counterinsurgency force opens fire in military camp before killing himself.
A soldier armed with two automatic weapons has killed five of his
colleagues as they slept before killing himself in Indian-administered
Kashmir, police and the army say.
The soldier, who was on night duty, walked into the barracks where the soldiers were resting early on Thursday and opened fire.
The soldier, who was on night duty, walked into the barracks where the soldiers were resting early on Thursday and opened fire.
The attack occurred at a military camp in Ganderbal district, 20km north of the region's main city of Srinagar.
"The soldier ran amok, killing five others before shooting himself
dead in the camp," Lieutenant-Colonel Narinder Nahar Joshi, an Indian
army spokesman, told AFP news agency.
Another soldier who was injured in the attack recalled the events to
police before being shifted to a military hospital in Srinagar for
treatment, local superintendent of police Shahid Mehraj told AFP.
A military inquiry and a separate police inquiry were under way to
determine what caused the incident at the camp in Safapora village,
including whether the soldier was suffering from stress.
"We don't know what triggered this incident, but we are investigating
thoroughly so that such an incident is not repeated in future," Mehraj
said, adding police have seized two automatic rifles used by the
soldier.
"We are also talking to soldiers who were awake at the time of shooting."
The killer was a member of a counterinsurgency force called the
Rashtriya Rifles posted to the heavily militarised Kashmir region and
charged with tracking down suspected fighters.
Source: AFP
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