New Delhi: Indian Police on Tuesday claimed that they had killed two suspected militants during a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Police officer Manoj Panditha also said that an army soldier wqs killed and another was injured in the fighting late Monday in the southern Kashmir village of Dodhiporao.
Panditha also claimed that the men belonged to the Lashkar-i-Taiba, a Pakistan based militant group.
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety.
About 68,000 people have been killed since 1989 in an armed rebellion against Indian rule and in an ensuing Indian crackdown that has largely crushed the militants.
India accuses Pakistan of training and arming the militants, a charge Islamabad denies.
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