Srinagar - A Muslim rebel group in Kashmir, Lashkar-e-Jabar,whose members sprayed acid on women for defying its Islamic dress code, has threatened to shoot women if they do not wear veils.
"Unveiled Muslim women and girls will be shot at after September 14th," a spokesman for the group told the Alsafa newspaper. "We appeal to heads of colleges and schools for girls to persuade students to adhere to Purdah."
Meanwhile a dozen Muslim separatist militants were among 18 people killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.