The Indian army on Thursday killed four alleged Pakistani militants in its part of disputed Kashmir after a three-hour gunfight, police said. “We had a tip-off that alleged Pakistani militants were hiding in the forests. A special team of police and army cordoned the area, after which a gunbattle started. Four militants were killed,” senior police official Basant Rath said. The fighting took place in Ramban district, 250 kilometres from Jammu. The Indian army suffered no losses. On Wednesday, a blast in Lablotha, a village 200 kilometres north of Jammu, killed a teenager and injured another person, police said. Initial indications showed the explosion occurred after the two handled a device they found along the road, said Abid Rafiqee, a local police officer. Meanwhile, at least nine people were hurt in Srinagar on Thursday when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse hundreds protesting the execution of Saddam Hussein, police said. The violence broke out near the ancient Jamia Masjid mosque after Muslim protesters pelted stones at police and shouted “Down with America ... Saddam is a martyr”. “Six people were wounded in the clashes,” a police spokesman said, adding that three policemen were also hurt when angry protesters attacked and damaged a police vehicle.