SRINAGAR, India - Indian soldiers in revolt-hit Kashmir have shot dead a top Islamic militant believed to have been coordinating attacks across the country, police said on Wednesday. “Soldiers have shot dead Abu Umar, the all-India coordinator of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group,” a police spokesman said in Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar.Police said Umar was shot dead in a “brief” gunbattle late Tuesday. “Abu Umar was wanted for many militancy-related incidents. His death is a big success for the security forces,” the spokesman said. Police said Umar had been active in Kashmir for the past eight years and was involved in the murder of a senior police officer in May.
