| Indian troops killed 10 suspected militants in Kashmir, including six cross-border fighters, police said on Saturday. The six were gunned down after they sneaked into Indian-held Kashmir's northern Kupwara and southern Poonch districts on Friday night, a police spokesman said. "Five of the infiltrators were shot dead early Saturday in the Shahpur area of Poonch district," said a police spokesman. "The militants were killed during a fierce encounter that erupted as soon as they infiltrated our territory," he said. A soldier was seriously wounded in the gunbattle, he added. Another infiltrator was shot dead by soldiers in northern Kupwara district on Friday night, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, four militants were killed by Indian troops in three separate gunbattles in southern Poonch, Anantnag and northern Baramulla districts. Suspected militants also on Saturday hurled a grenade at pro-India politician Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh's house in Srinagar, injuring two women, including his wife, police said. Sheikh is a senior leader of India's ruling Congress party, which is also a part of Kashmir's ruling alliance. |