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Minister tells Kashmiri separatists: surrender or face crackdown
October 19, 1996
Web posted at: 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT)SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (CNN) -- The new chief minister of India's Jammu and Kashmir state said Saturday that separatist militants had 30 days to surrender their weapons or face a renewed crackdown by security forces.
Minister Farooq Abdullah said at a news conference that he hoped to bring the militants into the political mainstream provided they first renounce violence.
Abdullah also said that he has reports that four Western tourists captured by the separatists last year are still alive, despite rumors to the contrary.
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