SRINAGAR, India - Indian soldiers shot dead three members of a Pakistan-based terrorist militant group in a gunbattle in Indian Kashmir, an army spokesman said on Sunday.
The clash broke out on Saturday evening near the town of Handwara, 80km (50 miles) north of Srinagar. ‘Three terrorists militants were killed in the night-long operation. They are Pakistani nationals and belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba,’ army spokesman Hemant Joneja said.