4 militants killed in Kashmir
Four Islamic militants have been killed and four other people, including three policemen, injured in two separate gunbattles with Indian troops in restive Kashmir, police said Sunday.
"Two militants were killed in the gunfight in Tilgam village in north Kashmir," a police spokesman said.
Another two rebels were killed in Sopore, 50km from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, the spokesman added.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The 17-year-old insurgency against Indian rule has claimed more than 44,000 lives by official count and more than double that number according to the separatists' tally.