These attacks represent a renewal of extremist violence in disputed Kashmir that has for the most part abated in the last few years—even in the wake of India’s national government revoking the region’s special autonomous status in August 2019. What explains this resurgence?
On Nov. 3, at least 11 shoppers were injured in a grenade attack on a flea market in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. One woman later died from her injuries. It was just the latest terrorist incident since a new government took office in mid-October. In Jammu, the predominantly Hindu part of the territory, terrorist attacks have killed at least 44 people this year, including 18 security personnel.
On Nov. 3, at least 11 shoppers were injured in a grenade attack on a flea market in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. One woman later died from her injuries. It was just the latest terrorist incident since a new government took office in mid-October.
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