] Suspected guerrillas gunned down 24 Kashmiri Hindus in ] this small hamlet in Shopian in south Kashmir late on ] Sunday night. The victims included 11 women and two ] children, aged two and three. ] ] Eyewitnesses told Daily Times that over a dozen armed ] men, dressed in army uniforms, barged into the village ] around 10.30pm, disarmed half a dozen policemen on ] security duty at the main entrance of the village, saying ] soldiers were looking for militants hiding in the ] village. The gunmen then ordered the Pandit families to ] come out and assemble under a Chinar tree, in an open ] field. They then shot them with automatic weapons. 24 ] people were killed and five injured. Before fleeing from ] the scene, the gunmen took away guns and a wireless set ] from the policemen. (Pakistan) Daily Times | 24 Hindus massacred in Kashmir |