7 militants, two soldiers killed in Kashmir
Indian troops yesterday shot dead seven Islamic militants in two gunbattles in restive Indian Kashmir, while a senior army officer and a soldier were also killed, officials said.
The first firefight took place in the Sowjain region of Poonch district, 240km northwest of Jammu, Kashmir's winter capital, spokesman Colonel RK Chibber said.
"The infiltration bid has been successfully foiled with the killing of three militants," he said, adding that one soldier was also killed in the incident.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The second gunbattle took place in Bakhtoor in the northern Gurez region of Indian Kashmir, more than 100km north of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar, a police spokesman said.
"It was a routine cordon and search operation in which four militants and a officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel were killed," he said. Three soldiers were injured in the operation.
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