Police killed three suspected Islamist militants during a shootout in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Thursday, a senior officer said. The gunfight occurred in Doda district, about 160 kilometres north of Jammu, confirmed police officer Manohar Singh. He said that according to the documents recovered from the bodies, the three slain militants had belonged to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit. The police claim could not be independently verified.