SRINAGAR, July 26: Two Kashmiri militants were killed and seven Indian soldiers wounded in an apparent suicide attack when they stormed a paramilitary forces camp here on Thursday, police said.

While militants routinely attack security posts in their bid to oust India from the Himalayan region, brazen daylight attacks are rare in occupied Srinagar.

Lashkar-i-Taiba, one of the largest of the more than a dozen rebel groups that have been fighting India since 1989, claimed responsibility for the attack in a call to the local news agency, Current News Service.

The militants attacked the camp, throwing grenades and firing automatic weapons, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Farooq Ahmed.

Soldiers guarding the camp returned fired, killing two militants, Ahmed said.

He said seven soldiers were wounded, but had no information on their conditions.

Ahmed said it appeared to be a suicide attack and that soldiers were scouring the area for other militants.—AP