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Six Indian tourists shot dead in Kashmir
July 16, 1996
Web posted at: 1:00 p.m. EDT (1500 GMT)SRINAGAR, India (CNN) -- Six Indian tourists were shot dead by gunmen in the state of Jammu and Kashmir while six others held overnight were released, police said Tuesday.
The victims, riddled with bullets, were discovered near Dal Lake Tuesday morning There has been no claim of responsibility.
The Militant Coordination Group, made up of all of Jammu and Kashmir's main militant factions, issued a statement last week asking for a ban on excursions and picnicking in the state.
The group's appeal said tourism did not go well with the struggle to free the region from Indian rule. Jammu and Kashmir is India's only Muslim-majority state.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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