Gunmen wielding automatic weapons burst into a wedding party in Indian Kashmir and fired on guests, killing at least seven in what appears to be a family feud rather than separatist violence, police said on Wednesday.

The gang of seven or eight young men struck just after the guests had finished dinner on Tuesday at the reception in the Doda area, about 110 miles east of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir state.

The bride and groom survived but four guests died on the spot and three more on their way to hospital, police said. It is not known how many people were injured.

Police said four men had already been arrested. No other details were immediately available.

Doda is one of the most violent regions in Kashmir, where Muslim separatists have been fighting Indian rule for 14 years in a bloody revolt that has killed at least 40,000 people.

Close

Today's Top News		Top International News
+List-mania: Who is the richest in China? ( 2003-10-22) +Hu on SARS: My heart was on fire ( 2003-10-22) +Partnership formed on Chinese culture ( 2003-10-22) +Laboratories under WHO microscope ( 2003-10-22) +Nation to improve market system ( 2003-10-21)		+US soldiers bringing media to Tikrit ( 2003-10-22) +Two US soldiers hurt in Baghdad blast ( 2003-10-22) +Singapore to send ships and planes to Iraq ( 2003-10-22) +Seven killed in Kashmir wedding shootout ( 2003-10-22) +UN assembly orders Israel to halt West Bank wall ( 2003-10-22)