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![Many Muslims want independence from India or to merge with neighboring Pakistan [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/India/2/3/4/5/6/Muslims-independence.jpg "Many Muslims want independence from India or to merge with neighboring Pakistan [AFP]") | | Many Muslims want independence from India or to merge with neighboring Pakistan [AFP] |
Three people have been killed and nine others injured after a bomb exploded in the city of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir, police have said.
The explosives were packed in a car parked near the city's main jail and detonated by remote control as a police bus drove past, Hemant Lohia, a senior police official, said. Two policemen and a woman passer-by were killed instantly in the attack on Saturday, he said. Seven people were taken to hospital, three of whom were in critical condition. Rise in violence A spokesman from the Pakistan-based group Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen called news organisations in Srinagar to say it had set off the blast, reported the Press Trust of India news agency. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the claim. Since 1989, more than a dozen Islamic groups have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with neighbouring Pakistan. More than 68,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the conflict.
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