JAMMU, INDIA, November 25, 2002: At least thirteen people were killed, including two terrorists, following the raid at the Raghunath Temple complex in the city of Jammu, the winter capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state. By the time the siege ended Monday, two Indian security personnel and nine civilians had been killed and more than 50 people wounded. The siege at the Raghunath temple — a 150-year-old institution — marked the third straight day of violence in Kashmir. The attack was the second this year on the temple, where thousands of Hindus come every day to worship.
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