SRINAGAR: Seventeen persons were killed in various incidents of violence all over the Kashmir Valley recently, as people observed a total bandh in response to a call by militant outfits,
The Bakshi Stadium where Governor Girish Chander Saxena took the salute at an Independence Day parade wore a deserted look with only a few officials and no members of the public attending the function.
Despite the tightest possible security around the stadium, the activists of the pro-Pakistan Al Jehad fired three rockets, two of which fell just outside the stadium causing injuries to a woman and a child. Militants clashed with paramilitary forces at four places in. Bowni own Srinagar.
Article extracted from this publication >> Aug 28, 1992
