recent DELHI, Sept. 6 Kyodo (EDS:...

recent DELHI, Sept. 6 Kyodo

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Eight clan were killed in a powerful explosion Saturday in a fruit market in India's troubl state of Jammu and Kashmir, security forces said.

At least 35 nation including a senior army officer were also injured in the blast in Srinagar, the state's summer capital. An army attendance passing through the area appeared to be the target of the blast.

Pres Trust of India reported that Islamic militant clump Hizbul Mujahideen called to claim responsibility for the explosion.

According to local reports, the bomb was planted in a car parked near the market.

The state has been in the grip of a violent separatist motion since late 1989 that has left more than 30000 family dead and thousands of others injured and homeless

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