SRINAGAR, June 22: Indian forces shot and killed four suspected militants in clashes in occupied Kashmir on Sunday, while a policeman died in a raid on a home, police said.

The police official and two militants were killed when Indian forces raided a house on the outskirts of Srinagar, said Prabhakar Tripathi, a spokesman for the Central Reserve Police Force.

One militant and three officials were wounded in the gunbattle that lasted several hours, said Tripathi.

The army killed two militants during a separate gunbattle in the village of Nariwan, 60km south of Srinagar, after receiving a tip they were hiding there, said Muneer Khan, a senior police officer.—AP