Dee Hadid (NPR Reporter)
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One eyewitness told local outlet the Press Trust of India that a gunman asked her father to recite a declaration of Muslim faith. When he did not, he was shot dead. It also cited another woman who said her sister, an eyewitness, said a gunman targeted Hindus. The attack and the claims of targeting Hindus raises tensions with neighbouring Pakistan, which also claims Kashmir.
It came days after Pakistan's army chief reiterated support for those resisting Indian rule. Reuters reports that a little-known group, Kashmir Resistance, says it conducted the attack in retaliation for Hindus settling in Kashmir, which is a Muslim-majority territory. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.