SRINAGAR, Oct 6 (AFP): Two soldiers and four militants died in separate gun battles in Indian Kashmir Saturday as the nation's new army chief visited the revolt-hit state.
In one incident, "alert army soldiers shot dead three militants after they crossed into our Kashmir from across the Line of Control," army spokesman Anil Mathur said, confirming a soldier also died.
The Line of Control is the heavily militarised border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
The rebels were offered a chance to surrender but "they instead chose to fight," Mathur told AFP.
In a separate firefight that was still raging Saturday, a militant commander and a soldier died in the south of Kashmir, Mathur said.
Six killed in Kashmir
FE Team | Published: October 07, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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