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Religious Leader Killed in Kashmir Blast

   VOA News  April 08, 2011
   A Kashmiri man clears broken glass and debris inside a mosque after an
   explosion outside the mosque in Srinagar April 8, 2011.

Photo: Reuters

   A Kashmiri man clears broken glass and debris inside a mosque after an
   explosion outside the mosque in Srinagar April 8, 2011.

   Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say a blast near a mosque has
   killed a prominent cleric and injured several other people.
   Authorities say Moulvi Showkat Shah was on his way to lead Friday
   prayers at the mosque in Srinagar, Kashmir's main city, when he was
   caught in the explosion. Shah was chief of the religious group
   Jamiat-Ahle-Hadis.
   Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed in full by
   both.
   Muslim separatists in Indian Kashmir have been fighting for
   independence from India or a merger with Pakistan since 1989. More than
   60,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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