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2 killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov 10, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Two
militants were killed Saturday in a fierce gunfight with Indian troops and
police in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The gunfight broke out in the morning at village Tikena of Pulwama
district, about 38 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-
controlled Kashmir.
“Government forces this morning launched a cordon and search operation in
Tikena village on credible inputs about the presence of militants. As the
search operation was going on, hiding militants fired upon the search party,
thereby triggering a gunfight,” a senior police official posted in Pulwama
told Xinhua. “In the ensuing gunfight two militants were killed.”
The slain militants were identified as local cadres of the region’s
indigenous militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.
The police officer said contingents of Indian army or police have not
suffered any damage during the stand-off.
On Friday evening, a militant was killed and a policeman wounded in a
similar gunfight in the district’s Tral area.
Meanwhile, a spontaneous shutdown was observed across the district against
the militant killings.
Reports pouring in from Pulwama said all shops and commercial
establishments have been closed and movement of traffic remained affected to
a large extent.
A guerilla war is going on between militants and Indian troopers stationed
in the region since 1989.
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