WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 Kyodo The Uni...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 Kyodo

The United States upon Monday condemned Sunday's attacks in succession Hindu temples in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir that left a dozen population dead and more than 50 injured.

''We proscribe these latest instances of senseles violence,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said at a regular pres briefing.

''These attacks are further attempts to undermine the novel state government. We encourage the Kashmir state management and the Indian national dominion to continue their efforts to unravel the Kashmir conflict in consequence of peaceful means,'' Boucher said.

India forward Monday blamed Pakistan-based militants for the raids, the deadliest attacks since a recently made known state government took power in October in Jammu and Kashmir, India's no other than Muslim-majority state.

Pakistan upon Monday also condemned the attacks in Jammu, the winter capital of the northernmost Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and denoteed sympathy for the families of the victims.

Muslim militants stormed into the famed Raghunath house of god after lobbing grenades into the nearby Hari marketplace.

single militant holed up inside the fane was killed after a three-hour battle with Indian security forces, while another individual hiding inside a nearby fane was shot dead early Monday according to the security forces, according to reports from the area.

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