 Indian troops shot dead four militants, while seven Indian troops and a woman were injured during three separate clashes in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.
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Two militants were killed overnight during a three-hour gunfight in the Poshwani village near Patan town, 27 kilometres north of Srinagar, police said. Separately, Indian troops and police shot dead another militant on Wednesday when fighting broke out in Budgam district as they raided a militant hideout, police said. Police said the fighting also destroyed two houses and troops were searching for the body of a possible second militant under the debris. "Four policemen, three soldiers and a woman were injured during the clash that lasted for several hours," police said. Meanwhile, troops shot dead another militant in Poonch district early Wednesday, police said, adding the killed militant was an "area commander" of Jaish-e-Muhammad. |