SRINAGAR, May 12 An army soldier and three suspected militants were killed in occupied Kashmir during a raid on a house where they were hiding, the military said on Wednesday.

“In the initial firing by militants a soldier was killed and another injured,” army spokesman Vineet Sood said after the incident late on Tuesday, adding that three militants died in the retaliatory fire.

Five soldiers and 14 militants have died in violence in the region over the past week. Officials have warned of a possible escalation in violence after the Indian military said last month 400 militants were poised to cross into occupied Kashmir from across the Line of Control.—AFP