Army Ambush in Video Goes Viral in Kashmir; YouTube Removes It Srinagar: A video of an ambush, in which eight soldiers were killed and 16 injured, on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Srinagar last month, has surfaced on social networking sites and video- sharing websites. YouTube, a video- sharing website, where the video was first shared, removed it hours after it was uploaded on it. The blurry video, shot from a mobile camera, shows mujahideen firing at an Army truck on the highway near the Hyderpora locality on the outskirts of Srinagar. It is not clear whether the 4.15- minute video was shot by a civilian passersby or by the mujahids. The video shows at least two militants, one in police uniform, shooting at the Army vehicle and later escaping from the scene. Eight soldiers were killed and 16 injured when mujahids ambushed an Army convoy near Hyderpora on June 24, on the eve of the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. In the video, one of the mujahids is seen firing at the vehicle from its rear, which confirms the version of the attack provided by the security forces. The mujahid is seen moving to the front of the vehicle and climbing onto it to check the driver’s compartment. Hours after the video was uploaded on YouTube, it was removed, saying the video was a “violation of YouTube’s policy on violence”. However, the video had already gone viral by the time YouTube removed it and was being shared on social networking sites. This is the second video in recent days which shows attacks carried out by mujahideen in the region. Last month, a brief video clip shot by mujahids had surfaced on social networking sites. It showed parts of the May 24 ambush in which four soldiers were killed in a village near south Kashmir’s Tral town. 2 hours ago
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:39:59 +0000
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