A soldier opens fire with an automatic rifle in a barracks north of Karachi . He kills five colleagues in the barracks before turning the gun on himself . Since 1989 , India has also been fighting against a violent separatist movement in the mainly Muslim area it controls , a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people . Previous cases of soldiers attacking civilians have taken place in Kashmir .
A soldier opens fire with an automatic rifle in a barracks north of Karachi . He kills five colleagues in the barracks before turning the gun on himself . Previous cases of soldiers attacking civilians have taken place in Kashmir .