October 30, 2002	Wednesday	Sha’aban 23,1423

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SRINAGAR, Oct 29: Mujahideen shot dead seven Indian soldiers on Tuesday and Monday night in occupied Kashmir, where troops claimed killing seven of the freedom fighters.

The Mujahideen first gunned down three policemen in broad daylight at point blank range in two separate incidents in Srinagar, a police spokesman said.

A fourth soldier, of India’s Border Security Force (BSF), was shot and killed by Mujahideen in the Rajouri Kadal area of the city on Monday night, a police spokesman said.

Two of the slain policemen were shopping in the busy Kakasarai area when freedom fighters opened fire on them, the spokesman said.

The shooting sparked panic in the suburb, which houses Srinagar’s main hospital visited by hundreds of people every day.

The other policeman was gunned down in the Soura area of Srinagar. He died in hospital.

The Jaish-i-Mohammed claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Two Mujahideen and two Indian soldiers were killed in a fierce encounter on Monday night along the Line of Control in occupied Jammu, the police spokesman added.

Also on Monday night, Indian forces claimed killing four militants in the district of Udhampur.

Police said a militant and a trooper were killed in two separate encounters in the districts of Rajouri and Poonch.

Unidentified men shot dead two people in Kupwara district on Monday, police said.—AFP