Six killed in Kashmir
Sunday, 7 October 2007
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.
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.