Indian soldiers battle gunmen in IIOJ&K, one death reported

OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers fought with gunmen on Tuesday in occupied Kashmir, the army said, with a police officer reporting one suspected rebel had been killed. The clash is the latest in a surge of fighting in Muslim-majority Kashmir, a Himalayan territory home to a long-running insurgency.

The Indian army´s Chinar Corps said that a security operation had been launched after the reported “presence of terrorists” in the forests of Bandipore district, and that a “firefight ensued”. The army did not confirm a toll, saying that the “operation is in progress”.But a police officer, who was not authorised to speak to reporters, said that “one militant was killed in the encounter”.