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Indian troops kill 10 Islamic militants in Kashmir SRINAGAR, India, Monday (AFP) Indian troops shot dead 10 Muslim rebels, including a commander, in separate clashes across Indian Kashmir, police said Sunday. Seven of the militants were gunned down in the northern district of Baramulla in three separate clashes Sunday, a police spokesman told AFP. Sameer Gujar, the deputy chief commander of the pro-Pakistan militant group al Barq (The Lightning), and his bodyguard were among seven killed in pre-dawn "cordon and search operations" launched by the troops, he said. "Sameer Gujar and his bodyguard were killed in the Kreeri village while five others were gunned down in two other villages of Chandusa and Heevan." He said large quantities of arms and ammunition were recovered from the sites of three clashes. Indian troops, backed by police, shot dead three more rebels in the northern district of Kupwara and on the outskirts of summer capital Srinagar overnight and Sunday, police said. |
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