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Israeli hostages, Kashmiri kidnappers clash
SRINAGAR. June 27: Six Israeli men, threatened with death for being Jewish, tried to overpower their Kashmiri Muslim kidnappers and in the ensuing fight one Israeli and two kidnappers were killed, officials said Thursday, reports AP.
At least two of the Israeli tourists were wounded and at least one was missing after the escape attempt, the officials said.
Indian government officials and the Israeli Consul gave conflicting versions of the Israelis' fate, but both agreed that one was killed.
An Indian official In New Delhi said three Israeli men were wounded but escaped and were later taken to an Indian army hospital in Srinagar. The other two Israeli men were missing, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Girish Saxena. Governor of Jammu-Kashmir, also said one Israeli was killed and three were wounded, including one I who was shot in the abdomen.
Giora Becher. Israel's Consul in Bombay, said only one Israeli was miMing. He said the other four men escaped but two were wounded
An Israeli woman and a Dutch woman, kidnapped from the same tourist houseboat, were allowed to go free, the officials said. Becher said the kidnappers freed the women before the men tried to escape
The Indian official in New Delhi quoted one of the Israeli | escapees as saying the eight tourists were abducted from a houseboat on Srinagar's Da) Lake about midnight (1830 GMT) Wednesday.
The Israeli, identified as Hagay Caspi was quoted as say Ing eight Muslim militants abducted the tourists at gunpoint from their houseboat and rowed them in two small boats for about 25 minutes.
Then they were made to walk for about 15 minutes They were taken to a house in downtown Srinagar, and they were questioned there They were told because they are Jews they would be killed." the Indian official said Then they separated the two women ‘
The Indian official said
Caspl told Investigators the six men’s hands were tied behind their backs.
"Hagay Caspi was able to untie his hands. He managed, quietly, to untie the others' hands, also." the Indian official said. "And then they pounced on this one (militant) who was on guard, trying to snatch his rifle. Meanwhile, the other guards who were outside must have come in and in the ensuing scuffle one Israeli was killed."
The Indian official in New Delhi, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two Muslim militants were killed and a third was Injured when the Israeli men grabbed their AK-47 assault rifles.
"After that, they (the Israeli men) ran out of that place and took shelter in a neighbouring house and they were rescued in the morning." the official added.
Becher, the Israeli Consul, said more than 50 Israelis were vacationing in Kashmir when the attack occurred.
The Indian official estimated that about 40 Israelis were in Srinagar. The gov eminent has given them protection. They were on different boats, and we are giving them security," he said.
Becher said the name of the dead Israeli man was being withheld pending confirmation that relatives in Israel had been contacted. He declined to identify the others Israelis but confirmed the Indian official's report that Hagay Caspi was among the survivors.
Reuter adds: It was the sec ond abduction of foreigners in three months. A group called the Muslim Janbaz Force (MJF) has been holding two Swedish engineers since March 31.
Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson issued a personal appeal to the MJF urging that they free the two engineers, who were working on a hydro electric project.
Jan-ole Loman. 37. and Johan Jansson. 35. were seized on March 31 while returning to Srinagar from a Sunday family outing.
Police have reported more than 2.400 deaths in the separatist campaign Security forces are frequently accused of rape, murder and torture.
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