Two killed in Srinagar clash

Published April 15, 2014
Srinagar: A resident takes a peek inside a bullet-riddled house where Indian troops killed two suspected militants on Monday.—AFP
Srinagar: A resident takes a peek inside a bullet-riddled house where Indian troops killed two suspected militants on Monday.—AFP

SRINAGAR: A nearly 20-hour gunbattle in India-held Kashmir ended on Monday after government troops killed two suspected militants in Srinagar, a senior police official said.

The fighting began on Sunday evening when troops cordoned off a neighbourhood in Srinagar following a tip that militants were in a house there, said police officer Afadul Mujtaba. Two policemen were wounded in the fighting, he said.—AP

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