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| Five dead in Indian Kashmir gunbattle |
| 2015-09-04 |
| [ARABNEWS] Four suspected rebels and a soldier were killed early Thursday in Indian Kashmire in a gunbattle near the de facto border with Pakistain, the second incident in 24 hours, a police officer said. Police sealed off a forested area in northern Handwara overnight on suspicion turbans were moving toward a village, triggering a 10-hour shootout between government forces and rebels. "The turbans were engaged near a stream in the forested area. All four of them were killed and we also lost a soldier in the firefight," deputy inspector general of police for the area, Gharib Das, told AFP, adding that two soldiers were maimed. So-called encounters between troops and turbans have increased recently in the troubled region, with four suspected rebels killed and another captured during a day-long battle last week. On Wednesday, government forces killed a bully boy from the Hizbul Mujahideen group in a battle in Rafiabad area that also left one soldier dead. Several rebel groups have for decades battled hundreds of thousands of Indian troops deployed in the region, seeking independence for Kashmire or its merger with Pakistain. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Pakistan's military intelligence (ISI) is reminding Pakistan's civilian government just who it is that actually runs the country. |
| Posted by: Clomp Omagum5939 2015-09-04 08:27 |