In southern Kashmir, Indian forces early on Thursday gunned down a senior commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba. Sarfaraz Rathore, Lashkar's chief commander of the southern frontier district of Poonch, was iced in a firefight. "Rathore's killing is a major setback to the Lashkar in Poonch, where it is responsible for attacking Indian army camps in the recent past," a police spokesman said.
And they nabbed a local commander near Srinagar not long ago, too. Nice shootin', Mukkerjee!
Police in Srinagar said Bilal Ahmed, alias Mehmood Bhai, district commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad, departed the gene pool overnight. The commander was zapped in a three-hour battle near Handwara township. "The encounter erupted when the army intercepted a group of Jaish militants, and asked them to surrender," a police officer said, adding that the rebels instead opened fire, wounding two soldiers. "The army returned fire, killing Bilal." A number of guerillas managed to escape under cover of darkness, the officer said.
Too bad. Maybe next time, eh?
In separate incidents in the village of Sogam in the same district, two Indian army soldiers and two snuffies were killed in a clash late on Wednesday. Two other soldiers were injured in the gunbattle.
In Poonch, a soldier and a Bad Guy were killed in a battle early on Thursday. No details available.
Suspected Militants® stormed into a marriage ceremony in northern Baramulla district on Thursday and opened fire at a former rebel now working with security forces, icing him on the spot. Two civilians also sustained injuries of whom one later died in Srinagar's main hospital.
What's a few civilian casualties here and there? You can always get more civilians...
In the neighbouring village of Warpora, police said suspected militants shot dead a 23-year-old student on Thursday.
"Suspected"? I think when they shoot people they should leave the "suspected" category... |