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Omar nod for DNA tests on unmarked grave victims
September 27, 2011

Just in: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah says that DNA testing will be conducted for investigating cases of unmarked graves. More than 2,000 corpses, believed to be victims of Kashmir's long-running insurgency, have been found buried in dozens of unmarked graves in the divided region, a human rights commission report has said.

The graves were found in dozens of villages on the Indian side of the line of control, the de facto border that has split the former kingdom between India and Pakistan for nearly 40 years. "At 38 places visited in north Kashmir, there were 2,156 unidentified dead bodies buried in unmarked graves," the inquiry found.

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