Kashmiri official escapes assassination

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The deputy chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mangat Ram Sharma, escaped a bid on his life when his motorcade came under attack in the state's summer capital on Tuesday.



Sharma was on his way to join Kashmir's chief minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayid, at an inauguration ceremony for the Valley's first flyover in a Srinagar neighbourhood when suspected rebels fired a grenade at the official convoy.

The rifle-launched grenade missed Sharma's car and struck the motorcade's last vehicle - less than 100 metres from the flyover site, said a senior Kashmir police officer.

Two members of Sharma's security team and four civilians - including a girl - were wounded in the attack, witnesses and police said. Haseeb Mughal, a police officer, sustained eye injury and had to be airlifted out of the Valley for treatment.

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