SRINAGAR, July 2: Indian troops on Sunday shot dead five militants and lost one of their own soldiers in separate incidents as militants took refuge in a mosque in occupied Kashmir, officials said.
Four militants were killed along the LoC.
“The four were killed in northern Baramulla district during a bloody encounter that began around four in the morning,” said Indian defence ministry spokesman Hemant Joneja.
He said the militants from the Jaish-i-Mohammed were killed after they crossed the Line of Control.
The fifth rebel was killed during a gunbattle with Indian troops in southern Pulwama district on Sunday, a police spokesman said.
In another incident an Indian soldier died and two others were injured when rebels hiding inside a house opened fire on them in Baramulla district.
“The militants, believed to be one or more, later fled into a mosque,” the police spokesman said, adding gunfire between the two sides was continuing.—AFP
