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January 19, 2001

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Militants kill three over J&K panchayat elections

JAMMU (AFP) - Militants opposed to panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir shot dead a woman and her two sons after they cast their ballots, police said on Friday.

A police spokesman said the woman and her sons aged 24 and 25 years were killed late Thursday night in their home in Panhed village of Rajouri district.

The three were killed because they defied a ban imposed by militants on voting in panchayat elections, the spokesman said.

The Hurriyat Conference has also called for a boycott of the polls - the first to be held for more than two decades.

Going by precedent, Kashmiris have abided such calls, whether they be parliamentary or state assembly polls.

Militants have been enforcing election boycotts in J&K since 1989.

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