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PoK, Gilgit leaders condemn Srinagar attack

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Agra: Leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit who went to Agra today to visit the Taj Mahal have strongly condemned the attack on a Congress rally by militants in Srinagar.

The rally was organized to observe the 15th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was killed by Dhanu, an LTTE suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur.

Leaders said that the violence perpetrated by the militants could not be condoned. Terrorism in all its manifestations had to be condemned whether it was in Srinagar or elsewhere.

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