Indian troops gun down four Mujahideen near LoC
OCCUPIED SRINAGAR (August 01 2006): Indian troops have shot dead four Mujahideen during a fierce gunbattle near the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said on Monday. "The four were killed during a gunbattle that erupted late on Sunday in the (northern) Gurez sector," an army spokesman, Hemant Joneja, told AFP.
He said the four were part of a group that had infiltrated into Indian Kashmir on Wednesday from across the line of control (LoC). "In all a total of eight freedom fighterss have been killed in Gurez since July 26 when the infiltration was detected," he said.
Violence has escalated in Kashmir over the past few months, with even tourists coming under attack in the scenic Himalayan region. Unlike in previous tourist seasons when visitors were left relatively untouched by the violence, 15 tourists have been killed and nearly 70 hurt since May.
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