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| 3 Kashmiris, 4 Indian soldiers killed in Pulwama gunbattle: reports | |
| 2019-02-19 | |
Indian forces have launched a massive hunt for Kashmiri fighters in parts of Indian Kashmiree since Thursday, when an explosives-packed van rammed into a convoy transporting 2,500 security forces in the deadliest attack in Kashmire in 30 years. Fighting erupted early on Monday after government forces surrounded a village in Pulwama on a tip that Kashmiri fighters were hiding there, security officials said. As troops began conducting searches they came under heavy gunfire, leading to fatalities, police claimed. Local residents said that Indian troops had destroyed a civilian's house using explosives during the fighting, and Indian police claimed to have recovered the bodies of two Kashmiri fighters from the debris. A civilian was also killed in the crossfire, police added. Four soldiers were killed in a shootout during the search operation, while another was injured and reported to be at death's door, according to an Indian police official speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity. The fighting triggered anti-India protests and festivities in the village, with local residents ─ mainly youths ─ trying to march to the site of the gunbattle in solidarity with the Kashmiri fighters. Government forces fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters. No one was immediately reported injured in the festivities. | |
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