| Three suspected Islamic militants and a soldier were killed in gunbattles in Indian Kashmir, police said on Monday. Two militants were killed in a gunbattle with troops and police in southern Pulwama district late Sunday, a police spokesman said. A soldier and a militant died in a separate battle in northern Kupwara district, bordering Pakistan-administered Kashmir, he said.Also three rebels were reported to have died in an avalanche. Police said they recovered the bodies of three militants from the region’s most powerful group – the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahedin – who were buried in an avalanche. |