India says suicide attack mastermind killed

Srinagar: India´s army said Tuesday it had killed the mastermind of a major suicide bomb attack in Occupied Kashmir that killed  more than 40 paramilitaries and soldiers.

Indian forces have staged operations since Thursday´s attack while anti-Pakistan and anti-Kashmir sentiment has spread across the country, fuelled by social media including widely shared false news reports.

Three militants from the group which claimed responsibility for the suicide attack were killed in a gunbattle that lasted much of Monday, Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon told a press conference in Srinagar.

The attack on a military convoy by an explosives-packed car was the deadliest assault on security personnel in Occupied Kashmir for three decades.

Hundreds of Indian soldiers on Monday raided a  village close to the site of Thursday´s attack.

The battle left four Indian soldiers, a policeman and a civilian dead.

Fliers were distributed in parts of New Delhi on Monday, urging "Hindu brothers" to maim and kill "Muslim traitors".

Fake videos and photos purportedly showing Thursday´s attack have flooded social media. The Central Reserve Police Force, which was the target of the attack, urged caution over "fake pictures" on social media.