Two Hizb men killed in Kashmir

Published September 4, 2005

SRINAGAR, Sept 3: Two top members of occupied Kashmir’s most powerful resistant group, Hizbul Mujahideen, were among five people killed in the latest bout of violence in the region, police said on Saturday.

A police spokesman said Adil Pathan, one of the Hizbul commanders, was shot dead in the Pulwama district on Saturday during a pre-dawn clash with Indian soldiers and police. Another Hizb commander was shot dead during a similar clash in the Udhampur district. Three civilians were killed late Friday when suspected militants sprayed them with bullets at the Sourbathi village.—AFP

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