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6 militants, trooper killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 25, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least
six militants and a trooper were killed Sunday in a predawn fierce gunfight
in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The gunfight erupted early Sunday at village Kapran-Batagund of Shopian
district, about 65 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-
controlled Kashmir.
“In a predawn gunfight today here, six militants were killed in a stand-off
with joint contingents of police and army,” a senior police official posted
in Shopian told Xinhua. “An Indian army trooper was also killed fighting
these militants.”
According to police the gunfight broke out after government forces cordoned
off the area on specific intelligence information suggesting presence of
militants.
“No sooner the joint contingents reached near the suspected area, the
militants present inside a house fired upon them, thereby triggering a
gunfight,” the police said.
The identity of slain militants was being ascertained, police said.
This is a second major gunfight in the past three days. On Friday six
militants were killed at Sutkipora of Bijbehara in Anantnag district.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1158 hrs